Statistics on Unemployed Singaporean Workers

Debated in Parliament on 14 Jul 2015.

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Gerald Giam asked the Minister for Manpower for the number of unemployed Singaporean workers who gave up job-seeking since early 2015 and how that compares to the same period in 2014.
Lim Swee Say stated that the proportion of discouraged workers in the citizen labour force was low at 0.5% in both 2013 and 2014, with the latest available data being for 2014.

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Gerald Giam Yean Song

Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song asked the Minister for Manpower since the beginning of 2015 (a) how many unemployed Singaporean workers gave up looking for work; and (b) how this figure compares with the same period in 2014.

Lim Swee Say

The proportion of discouraged workers among the citizen labour force had remained low at 0.5% in 2013 and 20142. These are individuals who were not actively looking for a job because they believed their job search would not yield results. The latest data that is available is for 2014.

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Statistics on Unemployed Singaporean Workers

Debated in Parliament on 14 Jul 2015.

Summary written by AI (learn more)

Gerald Giam asked the Minister for Manpower for the number of unemployed Singaporean workers who gave up job-seeking since early 2015 and how that compares to the same period in 2014.
Lim Swee Say stated that the proportion of discouraged workers in the citizen labour force was low at 0.5% in both 2013 and 2014, with the latest available data being for 2014.

Statistics on Unemployed Singaporean Workers

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Gerald Giam Yean Song

Lim Swee Say

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Statistics on Unemployed Singaporean Workers

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Gerald Giam Yean Song

Lim Swee Say

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