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Discouraged worker

In economics, a discouraged worker is a person of legal employment age who is not actively seeking employment or who has not found employment after long-term unemployment, but who would prefer to be working. This is usually because an individual has given up looking, hence the term "discouraged".

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related to United States · 34
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related to Canada · 14
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Discouraged worker → person of legal employment age who is not actively seeking employment or who has not found employment after long-term unemployment

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Discouraged workeris aperson of legal employment age who is not actively seeking employment or who has not found employment after long-term unemployment0.90text
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Discouraged workerrelated to AustraliaIn Australia0.60section
Discouraged workerrelated to AustraliaAustralian Bureau0.60section
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