Consider a small economy composed of six people: Musashi, Lucia, Paolo, Amy, Van and Sharon. Each person's employment status is described in below.
1. 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.
A) Musashi is a 47-year-old autoworker who was laid off from his job 6 months ago. He is frustrated with his inability to find a new full-time position. Last week, he took a part-time job but was given only 3 hours of work.
B) Lucia is a 29-year-old professional basketball player. She finished her last season as a player 3 weeks ago and is currently interviewing for a coaching position.
C) Paolo is a 39-year-old graphic designer who is taking 2 years off from work to care for his small daughter.
D) Amy 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.
E) Van 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.
F) Sharon is a 13-year-old student at West Valley Middle School. She baby-sits her younger sister and does other chores for which her parents give her an allowance of $30 per week.