Reconceptualising labour utilisation and underutilisation with new ‘full-time equivalent’ employment and unemployment rates
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Labour utilisation; Labour underutilisation; Unemployment; Underemployment; Gender; Youth unemployment; Regional unemployment; Labour market slack; Monetary policy;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J64 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search
- R23 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Household Analysis - - - Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population
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