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"When we hear that Australia’s unemployment rate is low, it sounds like good
news. The Australian Bureau of Statistics defines an unemployed person as
someone who is not working but is actively looking for a job and available to
start.
But there is a broader group not fully captured by the statistics, whom we call
“hidden workers”. They include people who:
* are unemployed but not counted because they are not currently looking
* are underemployed, working fewer hours than they want or need
* or who have given up looking altogether, known as discouraged workers.
This article focuses on that last group: discouraged workers.
They still want to work and are available — but have stopped searching. We know
surprisingly little about who they are or why they give up. My new research
aims to answer some of these questions."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
