Q.Give the meaning of underemployed with an example.

Under-employment = a person is working but not to full capacity/time, so part of his labour adds nothing to output. Example: eight persons doing farm work that four could finish.

An under-employed person is one who appears to be employed but is not fully or productively engaged:

• He may work fewer hours or days than he is willing and able to, or
• He may be doing work below his skill/capacity, or in a job where his marginal contribution to output is little or nil. …