a) Odi currently works 40 hours per week at his job. Odi is considered to be (ch

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a) Odi currently works 40 hours per week at his job. Odi is considered to be (check all that apply)

a marginally attached worker

unemployed

a discouraged worker

employed

full time

not in the labor force

part time for economic reasons

part time for noneconomic reasons

b) Jan is a student who currently works 20 hours per week at her job. Jan is considered to be (check all that apply)

part time for economic reasons

a discouraged worker

part time for noneconomic reasons

a marginally attached worker

not in the labor force

employed

full time

unemployed

c) Tommy used to work as a dockworker, but lost his job when the port closed. He looked for another job for quite some time but was unsuccessful so he gave up looking. Tommy is considered to be (check all that apply)

employed

unemployed

a marginally attached worker

part time for noneconomic reasons

full time

a discouraged worker

part time for economic reasons

not in the labor force

d) George is not currently working but has an interview at Vandalay industries. George is considered to be (check all that apply)

full time

part time for noneconomic reasons

not in the labor force

employed

a discouraged worker

part time for economic reasons

unemployed

a marginally attached worker

e) Sienna currently works 20 hours per week as a librarian, but is looking for a full time job. Sienna is considered to be (check all that apply)

a marginally attached worker

a discouraged worker

full time

part time for noneconomic reasons

not in the labor force

employed

part time for economic reasons

unemployed

a marginally attached worker

unemployed

a discouraged worker

employed

full time

not in the labor force

part time for economic reasons

part time for noneconomic reasons

Explanation / Answer

a. Odi currently works 40 hours per week at his job. Odi is considered to be (check all that apply)

Answer : Full Time and Employed. A person is said to be full employed when he/she works for minimum no of hours as defined by his employer. Typically most of the employers requires their workers to work for 35-40 hours a week. Thus Odi must be considered as Full Employed and Full time employed.

b.Jan is a student who currently works 20 hours per week at her job. Jan is considered to be (check all that apply)

Jan should be considered a part of Labour Force. Since Jan is a student and working 20 hours a week, you can say that he is employed but part time and not the full time.

c. Tommy used to work as a dockworker, but lost his job when the port closed. He looked for another job for quite some time but was unsuccessful so he gave up looking. Tommy is considered to be (check all that apply).

A worker who give up searching for jobs is called a discouraged worker.

Thus Tommy must be considered as Unemployed and a discouraged worker.

d. George is not currently working but has an interview at Vandalay industries. George is considered to be (check all that apply)

Ans. Unemployed. He must be considered unemployed no matter whether he has interview or not. If he gets selected then only his status will change.

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