Sarah used to be a music teacher at a local school, but got let go last year due to budget cuts. Sarah now works part-time as a waitress while looking for another teaching job. Sarah would be considered:

A. frictionally unemployed.
B. structurally unemployed.
C. underemployed.
D. real-wage unemployed.


Answer: C

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