Question

what is disguised unemployment

Answer 1

Disguised unemployment exists where part of the labor force is either left without work or is working in a redundant manner where worker productivity is essentially zero. ... An economy demonstrates disguised unemployment when productivity is low and too many workers are filling too few jobs.

Answer 2

Disguised unemployment exists where part of the labor force is either left without work or is working in a redundant manner where worker productivity is essentially zero. It is unemployment that does not affect aggregate output.