A country has a working-age population of 30 million, with 18 million employed and 2 million unemployed. 2 million of the employed are working part-time, and half of these persons wish to work full-time. The size of the labour force is
A) 16 million.
B) 18 million.
C) 20 million.
D) 22 million.
E) 30 million.

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The labour force includes both employed and unemployed persons, so the size of the labour force is 18 million employed + 2 million unemployed = 20 million. The fact that 2 million of the employed are working part-time and half of them wish to work full-time is not relevant to the calculation of the labour force size.

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