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What is a person\'s classification if he or she is available for work and has actively looked for it in the past year, but not in the past four weeks?

a) Marginally attached and not in the labor force.

b) Unemployed and part of the labor force.

c) Underemployed and in the labor force.

d) A discouraged worker.

June is a highly skilled surgeon who had to take a job as a lifeguard at a local pool because she was unable to find a job in the medical field during a recession. June is considered to be:

a) not a member of the labor force.

b) unemployed.

c) underemployed.

d) a discouraged worker.

_____ includes workers who voluntarily quit their job to search for a better position or are moving to new a job, although it may still take several days or weeks before they can report to their new employer.

a) Frictional unemployment

b) Structural unemployment

c) Cyclical unemployment

d) Full employment

Solution

1) What is a person\'s classification if he or she is available for work and has actively looked for it in the past year, but not in the past four weeks? He is Discouraged worker. If a person stopped seeking employment for more than last 4 weeks because of not getting employment then he is not considered as unemployed under labor force but a discouraged worker.

2) June is underemployed because the job lifeguard is not matching his skills and abilities and her skills are undermined in this job. She is underemployed.

3) Frictional Unemployment includes workers who voluntarily quit their job to search for a better position or are moving to new a job, although it may still take several days or weeks before they can report to their new employer.