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[-] SomethingWentWrong@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago

A term for that is underemployment

Statistics Canada collects data about this under the category of "Supplementary unemployment rate": https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=1410007801

Their categories of underemployment include:

  • discouraged searchers
  • waiting group (recall, replies, long-term future starts)
  • involuntary part-timers
  • discouraged searchers, waiting group, portion of involuntary part-timers
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