Our unemployment rate has been low not because of a different definition from other countries, but
because of structural problems,'' said Bank of Thailand (BoT) spokesman Chirathep Senivongs Na
Ayudhaya.”The agricultural sector absorbs laborers and those who can't find work can always look for
jobs in the informal sector or do something on their own.''
Because there isn't much by way of unemployment insurance in Thailand, there isn't any impetus to stay
jobless for long. Those who lose their jobs invariably enter the so-called "informal" sector or seek out a
part-time job, and are counted as employed.