workforce
Sign in to saveAlso known as labour force, labor force, employees, manpower
thumb|upright=1.6|The Economic activity rate|labour force participation rates of developed nations as of 2021
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- Formal and informal
- Informal labour
- Informal labour and gender
- Agricultural work
- Paid and unpaid
- Unpaid work and gender
- Sick leave and gender
- Globalisation of the labour market
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thumb|upright=1.6|The Economic activity rate|labour force participation rates of developed nations as of 2021
In macroeconomics, the workforce or labour force is the sum of people either working (i.e., the employed) or looking for work (i.e., the unemployed):
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