Practice question · Sort into groups
Sort each person by their labor-market status.
Groups: Employed · Unemployed · Not in the labor force
- Full-time student not seeking work
- Works 30 hours a week in a shop
- Lost her job, interviews every week
- Gave up searching after a year of rejections
Hints
- The category requires actively looking for work.
- Someone who has given up searching leaves the labour force entirely.
Show the answer
Employed: Works 30 hours a week in a shop
Unemployed: Lost her job, interviews every week
Not in the labor force: Full-time student not seeking work, Gave up searching after a year of rejections
Why
Unemployed requires actively seeking. The discouraged worker and the involuntary part-timer are the statistics’ two famous blind spots, one vanishes from the rate, the other looks fully fine in it.
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