For each of the following, indicate if the person would be classified as employed, unemployed, or not in the labor force:
(a) a 70- year- old man who left his job to help his daughter in her business for 10 hours a week,
(b) a 20- year- old college student who is out of school for the summer and is looking for a job,
(c) a 30- year- old woman with a Ph.D. in history who has not been able to find a teaching position and is driving a cab 30 hours a week,
(d) a 40- year- old steel worker who isn't working and has given up searching for a job,
(e) a 14- year- old movie star starts working on a new episode of Star Trek.
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