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Underemployment

Scope Note: 
Employment that is less than the number of hours employees want to work or below their demonstrated skills or earning levels
Category: Labor and Employment
Broader Terms
Employment
Narrower Terms
N/A
Use this term instead of
Inadequate Employment
Subemployment (1968 1980)
Underemployed (1969 1980)
Related Terms
Employment Patterns
Employment Problems
Job Sharing
Labor Market
Labor Utilization
Low Income
Part Time Employment
Poverty
Seasonal Employment
Structural Unemployment
Unemployment
Added to ERIC: 3/5/1980