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The word is underemployed and for the author's purposes are still job-seekers who quality for government benefits. The practical difference between them and a
by Spivak 3y ago
The word is underemployed and for the author's purposes are still job-seekers who quality for government benefits. The practical difference between them and actual unemployed people isn't much when it comes to policy.
- CydeWeys 3y agoThen why are saying they're measuring "unemployment" when they're actually measuring underemployment? Words mean things and they're choosing the wrong words specifically in order to mislead. Also, tracking poverty is more meaningful than tracking underemployment. There are millions of stay at home parents in this country who would qualify as underemployed, but who aren't in poverty because their spouse or possibly other family member supports them.
- deprecative 3y agoIt's sort of like how if you do not have a job and stop looking suddenly according to the data you're employed again.
- CydeWeys 3y agoNo you're not. It means you're removed from both the numerator and the denominator. By no means does it mean you count as employed; that would be silly.