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unemployment  

Definition

  • UNEMPLOYMENT IS A situation in which there are a greater number of people willing to work for a prevailing wage than there are jobs being offered. As such, unemployment can be economically described as a surplus in the labor market. [Source: Encyclopedia of World Poverty; Unemployment]

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