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  Underemployment and Overwork (Research Note 27 1999-2000)
For the purpose of this analysis, the definition of underemployment is that used by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
An underemployment rate is calculated by expressing the number of underemployed as a proportion of the labour force.
Underemployment in Australia rose significantly in response to the 1982-83 and 1990-91 recessions.
www.aph.gov.au /library/pubs/rn/1999-2000/2000rn27.htm   (1305 words)

  
  Underemployment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The third definition of "underemployment" describes a polar opposite phenomenon: to some economists, the term refers to "overstaffing" or "hidden unemployment," the practice of businesses or entire economies employing workers who are not fully occupied i.e.
Cyclical underemployment refers to the tendency for the capacity utilisation rate of firms (and therefore of their demand for labor) to be lower at times of recession and/or depression.
At such times, underemployment of workers may be tolerated — and indeed may be wise business policy — given the financial cost and the degradation of morale from shedding and then re-hiring staff.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Underemployment   (877 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Underemployment   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
In Keynesian economics, underemployment equilibrium refers to a situation with a persistent shortfall relative to full employment and potential output so that unemployment is higher than at the NAIRU or the natural rate of unemployment.
This kind of underemployed workers may exist for structural or cyclical reasons: The structure of a thing is how the parts of it relate to each other, how it is put together.
At such times, underemployment of workers may be tolerated — and indeed may be wise business policy — given the financial cost and the degredation of morale from shedding and then re-hiring staff.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Underemployment   (2044 words)

  
 Underemployment   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The underemployment rate during the three-month period to September declined to 2.6 pct from 2.7 pct, the spokesman said in a statement posted on the...
Cyclical underemployment refers to the tendency for the capacity utilisation rate of firms (and therefore of their labour forces) to be lower at times of recession and/or depression.
At such times, underemployment of workers may be tolerated—and indeed may be wise business policy—given the financial cost and the degredation of morale from shedding and then re-hiring staff.
www.wikiverse.org /underemployment   (634 words)

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