A type of unemployment explained by people being temporarily between jobs, searching for new ones. Labour market is regarded as being in the state of full employment, if frictional unemployment is the only kind of unemployment present
Short-term joblessness associated with mobility A person who leaves a job to find something better is considered frictionally unemployed This type of unemployment characterizes workers subject to seasonal work (e g , construction, agricultural, winter recreational workers, etc )
The unemployment that arises from the normal working of the labour market as people enter and leave the labour force and jobs are created and destroyed
Unemployment caused by the loss of jobs due to technological change, the entry of new participants into a labour market, or other normal labour market adjustments
results from the time lags involved in the re-employment of labour Although job vacancies and suitable applicants may be matched, there are always people 'frictionally unemployed' who are awaiting interviews, having breaks between jobs etc
frictional unemployment is unemployment that is due to normal turnover in the labor market It includes people who are temporarily between jobs because they are moving or changing occupations, or are unemployed for similar reasons
short-term unemployment arising from normal turnover in the labour market, such as when people change occupations or locations, or are new entrants (chapter 8)