Glossary:People outside the labour force

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A person is outside the labour force, according to the definitions set up by the International Conference of Labour Statisticians (ICLS), organised by International Labour Organisation (ILO), if he or she is not part of the labour force, meaning he or she is neither employed nor unemployed. The set of people outside the labour force was also called the "inactive population", but this term is not in use any more according to the 19th ICLS resolution.

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