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ISBN: 9781947172364

Author: Steven A. Greenlaw; David Shapiro

Publisher: OpenStax

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Chapter 21, Problem 16RQ

Assess whether the following would be counted as “unemployed” in the Current Employment Statistics survey.

A husband willingly stays home with children while his wife works.
A manufacturing worker whose factory just closed down.
A college student doing an unpaid summer internship.
A retiree.
Someone who has been out of work for two years but keeps looking for a job.
Someone who has been out of work for two months but isn’t looking for a job.
Someone who hates her present job and is actively looking for another one.
Someone who decides to take a part time job because she could not find a full time position.

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