CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION = 7
Chapter Ⅰ THE AGGREGATE RATE OF UNEMPLOYMENT = 16
1. Unemployment : Some Measurement Issues = 17
2. The Resource Costs of Unemployment = 20
Chapter Ⅱ THE STRUCTURE OF UNEMPLOYMENT RATES = 22
1. Five Hypotheses = 22
2. Education and Rates of Unemployment = 26
3. Sex, Household Status, Year of Arrival and Rates of Unemployment = 30
4. Age, Employment Experience, Marital and Migration Status and Rates of Unemployment = 36
Chapter Ⅲ THE COMPOSITION OF THE UNEMPLOYED AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR SOCIAL COSTS = 41
1. Demographic Composition and Subjective Costs = 41
2. Resource Costs and the Composition of the Unemployed = 50
Chapter Ⅳ A NON-WAGE EMPLOYMENT - MARGINAL EMPLOYMENT IDENTITY CONSIDERED = 56
1. The Non-wage Earners = 57
2. Distribution of Wage and Non-wage Income = 62
Chapter Ⅴ CONVENTIONAL MEASURES OF UNDEREMPLOYMENT : A CRITIQUE = 69
1. Visible Underemployment = 69
2. Invisible Underemployment = 72
Chapter Ⅵ AN ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY CRITERION FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF URBAN SURPLUS LABOUR = 75
1. The Criterion = 75
2. Measurement and Some Qualifications = 83
Chapter Ⅶ CONCLUSIONS = 86
Appendices
A. Surplus Labour and the Constraint of Employment on Job Search = 88
B. NUMEIST 1971 : Sample Selection and Enumeration Procedures = 92
BIBLIOGRAPHY = 101
