The Incidence of Visible Underemployment: Evidence for Trinidad and Tobago

作者：Holger Görg, Eric Strobl · 发表于：The Journal of Development Studies · 年份：2003 · DOI：10.1080/00220380412331322831 · 被引用次数：77 · 研究领域：Employment and Welfare Studies、Labor market dynamics and wage inequality、Taxation and Compliance Studies

This article presents an empirical analysis of the incidence of visible underemployment in Trinidad and Tobago. Visible underemployment consists of workers who work less than the normal duration of working hours but are willing and available to work more. We find that compared to other groups of the labour force the visibly underemployed tend to be less educated and are more likely to work in the private sector. We also find that their revealed behaviour is consistent with their desire for more hours. Only about 50 per cent of the visibly underemployed are able to find full-time employment within three months and little except firm size helps predict who will.