ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Overemployment

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Overemployment is a noun meaning The condition of being overemployed.

Meaning

The condition of being overemployed.

Example Sentences

Labor-leisure models portray overemployment as an individual labor-market phenomenon, but it can also be viewed from a macroeconomic perspective.
In sum, survey estimates of overemployment may be biased downward if a survey provokes certain implicit assumptions about the current income foregone, and the amount and dimensions of hours reduced and type of gains realized in time off.
People who remain overemployed tolerate longer hours because they either expect their overemployment to be brief (such as temporary care-giving), or figure that part-time or reduced hours status involves too large a sacrifice in terms of benefit coverage or job status.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include overburdenedness, overentitlement, overeducation, overoccupation, over-education, overutilization.

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