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comprehensively reflect the full extent of underutilisation of Malaysia’s labour
market. Though, the time-related underemployment approach is still
necessary as a supplementary indicator particularly for international
comparison.
Thus, this study suggest that the income-related inadequate employment
is the best method in measuring underemployment or labour underutilisation
as it reflect more on the Malaysia’s labour market scenario and the data
necessary for the indicator are available in the existing Labour Force Survey
and Salary and Wages Survey. The main reason this study suggest the income-
related inadequate employment as the best method to measure
underemployment is that because income received by employed person is the
main factor for the occupant to stay in one occupation. Furthermore, this
approach can be used as a tool to evaluate government’s mission in achieving
high income nation by 2020. However, further research is required in
establishing the suitable cut-off point of income-related inadequate
employment in Malaysia’s labour market.

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