Question

what is disguised unemployment

Answer 1

Unemployment or joblessness is the situation of actively looking for employment but not being currently employed. The unemployment rate is a measure of the prevalence of unemployment and it is calculated as a percentage by dividing the number of unemployed individuals by all individuals currently in the labor force. 

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. ... An economy demonstrates disguised unemployment when productivity is low and too many workers are filling too few jobs.