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71) A marginally attached worker is

A) a person who is not happy with his or her job.

B) someone who works part-time more than 25 hours per week but wants full-time work.

C) someone who does not have a job but is available and willing to work and has made specific but unsuccessful efforts to find a job during the past 4 weeks.

D) someone who does not have a job but is available and willing to work but has not made specific efforts to find a job during the past 4 weeks.

E) another name for an unemployed worker.

 

72) A marginally attached worker is

A) a worker who is unhappy at his or her job.

B) a worker who is looking for a job but can’t find one.

C) a worker who does not have a job and is available and wants one but has not made any efforts to find a job within the previous four weeks.

D) a person who only works part time but wants full-time work.

E) counted as unemployed in the official labor market statistics.

73) Which of the following would be considered a marginally attached worker?

i)Amy, who is working 20 hours per week at her father’s business

ii)Carl, who isn’t working and has not looked for work in 3 months because he has been turned down for work when he last looked

iii)Keke, who quit her job to take care of her daughter

A) ii only

B) i and ii

C) ii and iii

D) i only

E) i, ii, and iii

 

74) Suppose that Mel (who is 27) is not working, but looked for a job as recently as 2 months ago. Mel would like a job and he is available for work. He is considered

A) unemployed.

B) a member of the labor force and unemployed.

C) a member of the labor force, but not unemployed.

D) a member of the working-age population

E) a marginally attached worker.

 

75) Which of the following would be considered a marginally attached worker?

i)Lou, who worked 15 hours unpaid at her mother’s store last month

ii)Sylvia, who is not working and hasn’t looked for work in 3 months

iii)Meredith, who is no longer working after taking early retirement from her employer.

A) i and iii

B) i and ii

C) i only

D) ii only

E) i, ii and iii

76) Andrew is not working, but is available and willing to work after finishing a month-long mission trip for his church. While on his mission, Andrew did not look for work. Andrew is considered

A) unemployed.

B) part of the labor force.

C) a marginally attached worker.

D) a discouraged worker.

E) Both answers A and B are correct.

 

77) People who are willing and able to work but are not looking for work because they have been discouraged by their previous futile efforts are called

A) unemployed workers.

B) discouraged workers.

C) unhappy workers.

D) involuntarily unemployed.

E) part-time lookers.

 

78) Discouraged workers who are over 16 years old are

i.not counted as unemployed.

ii.part of the working-age population.

iii.part of the labor force.

A) i only

B) ii only

C) i and ii

D) ii and iii

E) i, ii, and iii

79) Discouraged workers are included in the calculation of the

i.unemployment rate.

ii.labor force participation rate.

iii.working-age population.

A) i only

B) ii only

C) i and ii

D) iii only

E) ii and iii

 

80) Discouraged workers

A) would decrease the unemployment rate if they were added to the number of unemployed workers.

B) would increase unemployment rate if they were added to the number of unemployed workers.

C) are counted as one-half of a worker in the unemployment statistics.

D) are counted as unemployed workers when the unemployment rate is calculated.

E) are not included in the calculation of the unemployment rate, the labor force, or the working-age population.