Analysing and forecasting the underemployment trend in Malaysia

In this paper we aim to examine and forecast the underemployment trend in Malaysia. We primarily focus on two measurements of underemployment which are time-related and skill-related underemployment for a period of ten years starting from 2005 to 2015. To forecast the number of time-related and skil...

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Main Authors:	Islam, Mohd Aminul, Syifa binti, Kamarudin
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Malwa International Journals Publication 2017
Subjects:	HB3711 Business cycles. Economic fluctuations
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/54319/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/54319/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/54319/1/ijsser_02__124_Published.pdf

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spelling	iium-543192017-01-05T10:43:10Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/54319/ Analysing and forecasting the underemployment trend in Malaysia Islam, Mohd Aminul Syifa binti, Kamarudin HB3711 Business cycles. Economic fluctuations In this paper we aim to examine and forecast the underemployment trend in Malaysia. We primarily focus on two measurements of underemployment which are time-related and skill-related underemployment for a period of ten years starting from 2005 to 2015. To forecast the number of time-related and skill-related underemployment for 2016 we use exponential smoothing forecast method. The data and other information related to underemployment in Malaysia are collected from Department of Statistics, Malaysia. The study found that although the proportion of time-related underemployment over employment is relatively stable during the ten years period, the number of skill-related underemployment is increasing by years. Females are mostly affected by both time-related and skill-related underemployment. Malwa International Journals Publication 2017 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/54319/1/ijsser_02__124_Published.pdf Islam, Mohd Aminul and Syifa binti, Kamarudin (2017) Analysing and forecasting the underemployment trend in Malaysia. International Journal of Social Science and Economic Research, 2 (1). pp. 2018-2032. ISSN 2455-8834 http://www.ijsser.org
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spellingShingle	HB3711 Business cycles. Economic fluctuations Islam, Mohd Aminul Syifa binti, Kamarudin Analysing and forecasting the underemployment trend in Malaysia
description	In this paper we aim to examine and forecast the underemployment trend in Malaysia. We primarily focus on two measurements of underemployment which are time-related and skill-related underemployment for a period of ten years starting from 2005 to 2015. To forecast the number of time-related and skill-related underemployment for 2016 we use exponential smoothing forecast method. The data and other information related to underemployment in Malaysia are collected from Department of Statistics, Malaysia. The study found that although the proportion of time-related underemployment over employment is relatively stable during the ten years period, the number of skill-related underemployment is increasing by years. Females are mostly affected by both time-related and skill-related underemployment.
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author	Islam, Mohd Aminul Syifa binti, Kamarudin
author_facet	Islam, Mohd Aminul Syifa binti, Kamarudin
author_sort	Islam, Mohd Aminul
title	Analysing and forecasting the underemployment trend in Malaysia
title_short	Analysing and forecasting the underemployment trend in Malaysia
title_full	Analysing and forecasting the underemployment trend in Malaysia
title_fullStr	Analysing and forecasting the underemployment trend in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Analysing and forecasting the underemployment trend in Malaysia
title_sort	analysing and forecasting the underemployment trend in malaysia
publisher	Malwa International Journals Publication
publishDate	2017
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/54319/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/54319/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/54319/1/ijsser_02__124_Published.pdf
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Analysing and forecasting the underemployment trend in Malaysia

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