working population
collocation in Englishmeaningsofworkingandpopulation
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working
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˈwɜː.kɪŋ/us/ˈwɝː.kɪŋ/
relating ...
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population
noun[C, + sing/pl verb]
uk/ˌpɒp.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/us/ˌpɑː.pjəˈleɪ.ʃən/
all the people living in a particular country, area, ...
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(Definition ofworkingandpopulationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofworking population
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The socio-demographic transformations that have reduced theworkingpopulationand caused a rising number of inactive people have increasing impact.
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It also provides unusually generous support services, including subsidized health and child care for the entire low-wageworkingpopulation.
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Equally, it was the political weakness of theworkingpopulationthat fatally undermined their attempts to continue to honour their annual tradition of bull-baiting.
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By the late 1970s, each country operated a similarly structured programme: a contribution-based, earnings-related public pension scheme covering most of theworkingpopulation.
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This can be done by dividing the number of voluntarily underemployed by theworkingpopulationminus the number of involuntarily underemployed.
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A decrease in theworkingpopulationwould then worsen the budget constraint problem by shrinking the economy and the tax base.
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To our knowledge, this is the first time that psychosocial work characteristics have been analysed as determinants of future fatigue in theworkingpopulation.
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In conclusion, the findings of this prospective study provide support for the predictive effects of psychosocial work characteristics on fatigue in theworkingpopulation.
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Coverage is low in many countries both among the elderly and theworkingpopulation.
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Psychosocial work characteristics were significant predictors for the onset of fatigue in theworkingpopulation.
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They hold that by and large, the default position for theworkingpopulationis full-time paid work, and that a lot of pressure is applied to enforce the default position.
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The adultworkingpopulationcan be sub-divided into a number of occupational or socio-economic classes.
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This leads directly to the second problem: private pensions, as they currently stand, are not suitable for large sections of theworkingpopulation.
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This theory is sensible when theworkingpopulationis much larger than the older population, as it was decades ago.
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While child farm labour has often been excluded in estimates of theworkingpopulation, it is very much a part of recent popular memory.
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By the mid-1950s, insurance covered half theworkingpopulationand transformed the economics of medicine.
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The number of self-employed persons has declined and is now only a very small proportion of theworkingpopulation.
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However, the effect on theworkingpopulationand on the retired population are different.
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