Labour Force
Last modified by Artur on 2025/08/26 13:32
- Accepted
- https://purl.semanticstat.org/LabourMarket/Glossary/LabourForce TTL
- Labour Force
The sum of persons in employment and in unemployment equals the labour force.
Persons may be classified in a short reference period, according to their labour force status as being:
- (a) in employment;
- (b) in unemployment; or
- (c) outside the labour force; and among these, in the potential labour force.
- Persons in Employment, Persons in Unemployment, Short Reference Period, Unemployment, Potential Labour Force
Used in the following terms: Economically Active Population, Extended Labour Force, International Migrant Workers
Backlinks: 1 Overview and recommendations, 1. Introduction and background, 2 Why measure digital platform employment and work?, 2. The changing world of work: what does this mean for PES?, 3 Conceptual framework, concepts and definitions