Measuring employment, unemployment, and labor force participation Consider a small economy composed of six people: Dmitri, Frances, Jake, Latasha, Rosa, and Nick. Each person's employment status is described in the following table.
Based on the criteria used by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), identify each person's status as employed, unemployed, "not in the labor force" (if not in the civilian labor force but still part of the adult population), or "not in the adult population" if not in the civilian adult population.
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Dmitri is a 70-year-old professor. He teaches only one or two courses a year, but he's still pursuing an active research agenda.
Frances is a 26-year-old recent college graduate. She did not work for pay last week, but she had two job interviews.
Jake is a 43-year-old accountant who has been out of work for almost a year. He became so discouraged that he gave up on his job search a couple of months ago.
Rosa is a 31-year-old science teacher who taught at West Valley Middle School last year. Due to budget cuts, she was laid off at the end of the school year. It's the summer now, and after a few weeks of vacation with her family, she is looking for a part-time job as a tutor.
Nick is a 20-year-old American Studies major at the University of Tennessee. It's summer now, and he is working as a lifeguard in Mobile, Alabama.
Latasha is a 12-year-old student at West Valley Middle School. She babysits her younger sister and does other chores, so her parents give her an allowance of $30 per week.