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Employment

Scope note

Use for the degree or extent to which paid work is provided or available to the population. For the ongoing activity of providing individuals with and paying them for work, use "employing." For the action of engaging the services of a person or persons for wages or other payment, use "hiring."

This term has 2 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Motif

Getty AAT term number

300055708

Broader Terms used

<economic concepts>

Narrower Terms used

unemployment

Created

13yrs ago

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