Economics of Work and Leisure p1 defs

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Earnings
wages plus overtime pay, bonuses and commission
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Economically inactive
working age people who are neither in employment, nor unemployed, and so are not part of the labour force
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Labour force participation
the proportion of working age people who are economically active
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employment rate
the proportion of working-age people who are in work
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G8 (now G7)
the group of major economies consisting of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russian (not anymore), the UK and USA
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part-time workers
people working less than 30 hours a week
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Temporary work
casual work, seasonal work, working for employment agencies, fixed-period contract work
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homeworking
working either at home or in different places away from the central office, production or distribution facilities, using the home as a base
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teleworking
working using a telephone and a computer at home, in an Internet cafe, or a train or plane
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Occupational segregation
the dominance of an occupation by one gender
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Primary sector
the first stage of production, including industries such as agriculture, fishing, forestry and mining, involved in the extraction and collection of raw materials
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Secondary sector
the second stage of production, which involves the processing of raw materials into semi-finished and finished goods. It includes manufacturing and construction
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Tertiary sector
the third stage of production, which covers industries producing services including education, financial services, health care and tourism
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tax wedge
the gap between what employers pay for labour and what workers receive in disposable income
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outsourcing
subcontracting part of the production process to another firm
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offshoring
transferring part of the process to another country. The production may be outsourced or may be undertaken by the firm but in another country
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leisure
it is an experience that occurs outside working hours within the time when people are free to select what they do
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tourism income multiplier
he extent to which a change in income from tourism causes GDP to change
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monopoly
a single seller
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market concentration ratio
the percentage share of the market of a given number of firms
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working age people who are neither in employment, nor unemployed, and so are not part of the labour force

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the proportion of working-age people who are in work

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the group of major economies consisting of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russian (not anymore), the UK and USA

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