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underemployment  

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  • Underemployment refers to employment that is inadequate, inferior, or of low quality, relative to some standard. Researchers—mostly economists, industrial-organizational psychologists, and sociologists—agree that there are several distinct types of underemployment, although there is less agreement on exactly what counts as underemployment or how many types there are. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Problems; Underemployment]

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/underemployment

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