Underemployment
For the television series, see Underemployed (TV series) Underemployment is the underuse of a worker because a job does not use the worker's skills, is part-time, or leaves the worker idle. Examples include holding a part-time job despite desiring full-time work, and overqualification, in which the employee has education, experience, or skills beyond the requirements of the job.Underemployment has been studied from a variety of perspectives, including economics, management, psychology, and sociology. In economics, for example, the term underemployment has three different distinct meanings and applications. All of the meanings involve a situation in which a person is working, unlike …
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World Bank Group · 17 October 2024 English
Economic growth in Europe and Central Asia (ECA) is likely to moderate from 3.5 percent in 2023 to 3.3 percent this year. This is significantly weaker than the 4.1 percent …
labor market, leading to overqualification and underemployment. Lacking a robust higher education system … results in high levels of overqualification and underemployment among graduates and can lead to brain drain … contributes to the elevated levels of graduate underemployment and overqualification, and constrains the …
World Bank Group · 17 October 2024 English
Economic growth in Europe and Central Asia (ECA) is likely to moderate from 3.5 percent in 2023 to 3.3 percent this year. This is significantly weaker than the 4.1 percent …
labor market, leading to overqualification and underemployment. Lacking a robust higher education system …
UNDP: United Nations Development Programme · 17 October 2024 English
Over 698 million young people, ages 15-35, live in fragile and conflict-affected settings. These settings are highly affected by climate change. Young people find themselves in unique positions – they …
among young people.xxiv Unemployment and underemployment, stemming from the economic impacts of the …
16 October 2024 English
This initiative needs improvement as, despite its narrative, it triggers a brain-drain phenomenon that needs to be mitigated by a dual compensation: that due to the workers (doctors, engineers…) and …
development. However, if youth unemployment and underemployment persist, the continent risks greater instability …
World Bank Group · 16 October 2024 English
This report is a background note to the poverty assessment for Cabo Verde. This report presents an overview of gender inequalities, status, trends, and drivers behind the observed outcomes. The …
underutilization, which include time-related underemployment (employed individuals who want to work more … or ac- cident (IMC 2022). Unemployment and underemployment rates are higher for women than men and vary … larger for the 15–24 age group (27 percent). Underemployment rates (the propor- tion of employed people … percent for men. The highest rates for women’s underemployment are in the concelhos of Santa Cruz (37.5 percent) … Multi-objectivo Contínuo, 2022. Figure 27 . Underemployment rates rates of women and men (ages 15+), …
World Bank Group · 15 October 2024 English
This 2024 Economic Update for Niger is articulated in two chapters. The first chapter presents the economic and poverty trends observed in the country in 2023 and the outlook from …
led to some firm closures and an increase in underemployment and unemployment. Many firms have had to reduce …
World Bank Group · 15 October 2024 English
Malaysia’s economy is expected to expand at a faster pace in 2024. After experiencing weaker-than expected growth last year, Malaysia’s economy grew strongly in the first half of 2024, driven …
Medium-Sized Enterprises SRU Skill-Related Underemployment STPM Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia SST … wages Box 3: A deep dive into skill-related underemployment Absolute poverty remains a concern Inflation … percent in the previous year. Skill-related underemployment (SRU) in Malaysia, where individuals with … (see Box 3 on A Deep Dive into Skill- Related Underemployment). 10 MALAYSIA ECONOMIC MONITOR | OCTOBER 2024 … contained. Factors driving skill- related underemployment include lack of high-skilled job creation …
World Bank Group · 10 October 2024 English
conditions, including rising unemployment and underemployment, affect the consumption of vulnerable groups …
World Bank Group · 10 October 2024 English
South Asia’s growth is on track to exceed earlier expectations, in a broad-based upturn. The region is expected to remain the fastest-growing among emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs). Several …
conditions. They were typically dissatisfied with underemployment in their current job but information on …
ADRi: Stratbase Albert del Rosario Institute · 10 October 2024 English
Philippine Economy
Remittances Figure 6 . Unemployment Rate and Underemployment Rate (January 2021 – July 2024) (January 2021 … Remittances Growth Rate Unemployment Rate Underemployment Rate Source: Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) … million unemployed individuals. Meanwhile, the underemployment in July. Food inflation also slowed to 4.2% …