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Which of these individuals is classified as unemployed? ( pick more then 1 )

a computer programmer who retired early at the age of 47.


a recent college graduate looking for his first job.


a technician whose job has been replaced by a robot.


a laid-off factory worker who has given up looking for a new job.


a barista who works at a coffee shop 20 hours a week but would like to increase her

User Preyas
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b)

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Answer:

a recent college graduate looking for his first job.

a technician whose job has been replaced by a robot

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) considers a person to be unemployed if he/she doesn’t have a job, people who are out of jobs but have actively looked for jobs over the past four weeks and people who are currently available for work. People who were retrenched are also included as unemployed.

Among the options above, the recent college graduate who is looking for a job and the technician whose job has been replaced by a robot are classified as unemployed.

The computer programmer and the laid off factory worker are not part of the labor force since they’ve stopped looking for work; the barista is employed.


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