Underemployment occurs
A) when workers do not have jobs.
B) when farm workers become more productive.
C) when workers are working fewer hours than they desire or when they are working less productively than they are capable of.
D) in IACs but not in the DVCs.

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Underemployment occurs when workers are not fully utilized and are working fewer hours than they desire or when they are working less productively than they are capable of. It is different from unemployment, which occurs when workers do not have jobs. Underemployment can happen in both developed and developing countries, but is more prevalent in developing economies.

Underemployment Occurs