Discouraged workers are defined as individuals who are
A) not working but are willing to work and who have looked for a job in the past 12 months but have not sought employment in the past four weeks.
B) not working and have looked for a job in the past four weeks.
C) working part-time but would rather be working full-time.
D) working full-time for wages lower than they want to work for.
E) not working because of a disability or child care issues.

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Discouraged workers are individuals who have looked for a job at some point in the past, but their lack of success has caused them to stop actively seeking employment. Specifically, they have not looked for work in the past four weeks but would still like to have a job. Option A is the only choice that accurately describes this group.

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