"classical unemployment" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} classical unemployment (uncountable)
  1. (economics) The component of overall unemployment caused by too high wage expectations. Wikipedia link: Unemployment types Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Economics
    Sense id: en-classical_unemployment-en-noun-KoeT9jwQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: economics, science, sciences

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