how does part time employment affect unemployment numbers economics
Ten part-time workers generates a lower unemployment rate, than five full-time workers combined with five unemployed workers. Part-time workers SHOULD be included in the unemployment rate. Doing so would raise the unemployment rate by two to three percentage points (that is, 5.0 to 7.0).art-time workers might want to work full time, but they are in fact working, and are thus placed completely in the employed persons category. Correctly categorizing unemployed labor resources is likely to increase the unemployment rate above the official level.