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OVERVIEW

Underemployment reflects underutilization of the productive capacity of the labour force. Time-related underemployment, which is the only internationally accepted statistical definition of underemployment, examines the extent to which a person is insufficiently engaged in employment based on hours of work. Specifically, it refers to persons working part-time but are willing and able to engage in additional work.​

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EXPLANATIONS ON UNDEREMPLOYMENT

How is Time-related Underemployment Rate calculated?

How are Underemployment data collected?

​​​Why are Underemployment statistics important?

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