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Question
Casey's family raises chickens as a supplier for a major poultry firm. Casey works 20 hours a week but is not paid. Casey is a(n):
a) unpaid family worker and employed.
b) unpaid family worker and not part of the labor force.
c) unpaid family worker and unemployed.
d) discouraged worker.
Cheryl lost her job six months ago. However, she has been actively seeking work and filled out her last job application two weeks ago. The Bureau of Labor Statistics would classify her as:
a) marginally attached.
b) unemployed.
c) underemployed.
d) a discouraged worker.
After being laid off two years ago, Gordon spent several months looking for work, but has since given up looking for work. He is considered to be:
a) no longer in the labor force.
b) unemployed.
c) underemployed.
d) a discouraged worker but still in the labor force.
Explanation / Answer
In Casey's case, she works 20 hours a week but is not paid. So, she is employed but is not paid by the family members. So option (a) is correct.
Cheryl has lost her job and is looking for a new job. That means, she was employed before but now she is unemployed. So option (b) is correct.
In Gordon case, he has stopped looking for employment since he did not get job for a long time. In economics, a discoraged worker is a person of employment age who is unable to find job after long-term unemployment. So option (d) is correct.