• hydrospanner@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    However, we need to account for

    a) unemployed people that are not able to work

    Not sure how it works there, but I believe in the US, the Bureau of Labor Statistics doesn’t count people unable to work in their “unemployed persons” numbers.

    Like…a 3 month old infant isn’t considered “unemployed” for statistical purposes, for example.

    • DrFuggles@feddit.de
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      10 months ago

      you’re probably right. I might have gotten misled because there’s an ongoing debate about unemployed refugees here and it’s mostly because we’re terrible bat getting them permits to work.

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      10 months ago

      They often are simply referencing the number of people reporting and/or applying for unemployment benefits.