Aplia Homework: Chapter 9
Consider a small economy composed of six people: Edison, Hilary, Kevin, Maria, Simone, and Rajiv. Each person's employment status is described in the following table. Based on the criteria used by Statistics Canada, identify each person's status as Employed, Unemployed, "Not in the labour force" if not in the labour force but still part of the adult population, or "Not in the adult population" if not in the adult population.
Person
Status
Edison is a 48-year-old autoworker who was laid off from his job six 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 three hours of work.
Hilary is a 34-year-old professional basketball player. She finished her last season as a player three weeks ago and is currently interviewing for a coaching position.
Kevin is a 44-year-old accountant who has been out of work for almost a year. He became so discouraged that, a couple of months ago, he gave up on his job search.
Simone is a 29-year-old who lost her job as an associate producer for a radio station. After spending a few weeks out of work and interviewing for several other positions, she gave up on her job search and decided to go back to grad school. She made that decision a few months ago.
Rajiv is a famous novelist. He is spending the summer at his lake cottage in Muskoka, doing a little writing each day but mostly spending his time gardening and reading.
Maria is 11 years old and a student at Humber Valley Middle School. She babysits her younger sister and does other chores for which her parents give her an allowance of $25.
