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What happens if we count marginally attached workers as unemployed? does a, the unemployment rate fall? b, the labour force participation rate rise.
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C, the size of the labour force doesn't change.
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Or d, the employment dash to dash population ratio rises.
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So what is a marginally attached worker? so marginally attached means that they aren't in employment right now.
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They could be, but they haven't looked for work in the last four weeks.
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So they looked at some point in the last 12 months, but not the last four weeks.
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And that's why they're generally not considered unemployed.
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To be unemployed, they have to have looked in the last four weeks.
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So they're available for work...