Hidden unemployment

Synonymes ou variantes : Covered unemployment
Disguised unemployment
Équivalents : Chômage déguisé
Desempleo invisible
Domaine : Economy

Définition

Situation in which an individual of working age is not actively seeking employment.

Description

In many countries only those who have no work but are actively looking for work (and/or qualifying for social security benefits) are counted as unemployed. Those who have given up looking for work (and sometimes those who are on Government "retraining" programs) are not officially counted amongst the unemployed, even though they are not employed. The same applies to those who have taken early retirement to avoid being laid off, but would prefer to be working. The statistic also does not count the "underemployed" - those with part time or seasonal jobs who would rather have full time jobs.

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