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Which of the following kind of unemployment is common in the field of agriculture in India ?

"Disguised unemployment" is widespread in Indian agriculture, where more family labourers work on small farm holdings than are actually needed for cultivation, so the…

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Which of the following kind of unemployment is common in the field of agriculture in India ?

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"Disguised unemployment" is widespread in Indian agriculture, where more family labourers work on small farm holdings than are actually needed for cultivation, so the marginal productivity of the surplus labour is zero. By contrast, frictional, technical, and cyclical unemployment are primarily associated with industrial and urban labour markets.

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