Unemployment statistics are often criticized for
A) understating the number of people out of work, because discouraged workers are excluded in the statistics.
B) overstating the number of people out of work, because retirees are included in the statistics.
C) understating the number people out of work, because full-time college students are excluded.
D) overstating the number of people out of work, because the unemployment statistics include all low-income workers.

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The option A is correct. Unemployment statistics are criticized for understating the number of people out of work because discouraged workers are excluded from the statistics. Discouraged workers are those who have given up looking for work due to various reasons such as lack of job opportunities, being unable to find work, or feeling that they do not qualify for employment.

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