Question

Harry is a 34 year old sergeant in the US Air force. He has been employed full time with the Air force since graduating from college. Is harry considered to be part of the US labor force? Why or why not?

Answer 1

Answer:

• No
• Military personnel are excluded from the civilian labor force

Explanation:

The civilian labor force of a country is the combination of employed persons and unemployed persons in the country. Anyone who does not qualify for the civilian labor force is classified as not in the labor force.

Since Harry is in the US Air force, he is not in the Civilian Labor force and therefore, he is not in the US labor force.

Military personnel are excluded from the civilian labor force because they are not considered as resources available for production.

Other set of persons not in the Labor force are:

• Young(Under 16 years)
• Institutionalized
• Homemakers
• Full-Time Students
• Elderly

Answer 2

Answer:

Harry is NOT considered to be part of US labour force

Explanation:

The labour force as we know is made up of employed people and unemployed people. But, in some cases, some people or group are excluded automatically on basis of demographics and others excluded on the basis of the decision they make.

The Military which Harry is a part of is one of those groups that are automatically excluded from being in the labour force. This is because the military personnel are not considered to he part of the resources available for productive activities. Also, the employment rules in the military differs from the mainstream employment rules we know governing other bodies. Military personnel has no effect on productivity levels within the country. Hence, the reason why they are not considered as part of the labour force.