Talk:Underemployment
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Isn't underemployment also used in a different sense: somebody who is able to find work, but unable to find as much work as they are willing to do. For example, I would be "underemployed" if I wanted to work a full-time job, but could only find a part-time job. DanKeshet
This is exactly the way I know the term as well. In fact, I was underemployed much of last year, when my "full time" job suddenly became part time, dropping from 40 hours per week to 30, with a corresponding drop in income. This is a serious problem, since a partly-employed person can't file for unemployment benefits whether he or she stays or quits, and therefore may or may not be able to pay bills, etc. –radiojon 05:48, 2003 Sep 16 (UTC)
- My understanding is that all of the above definitions are correct and, in addition, a person who is over-educated for their job is also undemployed. Such as someone with a college degree tending bar... not that I'm bitter. Tuf-Kat 06:00, Sep 16, 2003 (UTC)
Perhaps there should be an explanation for these three definitions. Who knows a real economist? David.Monniaux 08:08, 21 Sep 2003 (UTC)
I'm a real economist, but there's no convention that gets together to standardize economic terminology. (There's no DSM-IV for econ.) I'll add this meaning to the entry. Jdevine 16:36, 24 Jul 2004 (UTC)
