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Sora Lee, Lecturer in Ageing and End of Life, La Trobe University

New study finds 6 types of ‘discouraged’ workers in Australia – and why they stop job-hunting

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When we hear that Australia’s unemployment rate is low, it sounds like good news. The Australian Bureau of Statistics defines an unemployed person as someone who is not working but is actively looking for a job and available to start.

But there is a broader group not fully captured by the statistics, whom we call “hidden workers”. They include people who:

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