Financial Tribune - Underemployment, the condition in which people in a labor force are employed for less than 44 hours of service per week, stood at 10.6% in the third quarter of the current Iranian year (Sept. 23-Dec. 21, 2019), down 1.1% year-on-year and was higher for men and those living in rural areas. The third quarters underemployment rate ...

Financial Tribune - The Iranian labor market has undergone remarkable transformations in recent years. One such unique change is the rise in the number of persons with income but without a job. According to a report by the Persian-language daily Iran citing figures released by the Statistical Center of Iran, the economically inactive population ...

Al-Monitor l Maysam Bizaer: Iranian society has undergone tremendous change in past decades, with women continuously playing a role in this transformation. Indeed,Iranian womenhave long sought a more active presence in society, gradually distancing themselves from the cliche of being mothers or wives. Today, they make up almost70% of university applicantsand ...