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01-07-2017, 07:34 PM
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[QUOTE=fooger03;1385393]How do we count someone who is "not looking for a job" because they are discouraged, but still desires to have one?[/QUOT
The government very simply does not count you. That is the crazy disparity between those who have given up looking for a job, and our current rosy unemployment numbers. When people discuss the "U3" and the "U6", this is what they mean.
The government very simply does not count you. That is the crazy disparity between those who have given up looking for a job, and our current rosy unemployment numbers. When people discuss the "U3" and the "U6", this is what they mean.
- U1:[43] Percentage of labor force unemployed 15 weeks or longer.
- U2: Percentage of labor force who lost jobs or completed temporary work.
- U3: Official unemployment rate per the ILO definition occurs when people are without jobs and they have actively looked for work within the past four weeks.[44]
- U4: U3 + "discouraged workers", or those who have stopped looking for work because current economic conditions make them believe that no work is available for them.
- U5: U4 + other "marginally attached workers", or "loosely attached workers", or those who "would like" and are able to work, but have not looked for work recently.
- U6: U5 + Part-time workers who want to work full-time, but cannot due to economic reasons (underemployment).
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01-07-2017, 07:55 PM
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On the one hand, yes.
On the other hand, would he have made the same decision had he not already lost his job prior to the birth of his son?
This is why I tend to take all data pertaining to things like unemployment, labor-force participation, etc., with a grain of salt. GDP per capita is really the only unambiguous measure of national prosperity which cannot be manipulated by changing the way you define certain words.
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01-07-2017, 08:30 PM
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This is why I tend to take all data pertaining to things like unemployment, labor-force participation, etc., with a grain of salt. GDP per capita is really the only unambiguous measure of national prosperity which cannot be manipulated by changing the way you define certain words.
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01-14-2017, 06:42 PM
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I'm assuming that's targeting new immigrants from Middle East countries...
24-Jähriger muss für Vergewaltigung über drei Jahre in Haft | Duisburg | WAZ.de
24-Jähriger muss für Vergewaltigung über drei Jahre in Haft | Duisburg | WAZ.de
The lawyer of a 24-year-old Ghanaian migrant, jailed for raping a 15-year-old German girl at a school, attempted to excuse the horrific act as ‘high sex drive,’ causing the man to lose control of his body.
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01-15-2017, 09:39 AM
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I'm assuming that's targeting new immigrants from Middle East countries...
24-Jähriger muss für Vergewaltigung über drei Jahre in Haft Duisburg WAZ.de
24-Jähriger muss für Vergewaltigung über drei Jahre in Haft Duisburg WAZ.de
germany loves sexual preverted immigrants.
Afghan migrant caught 'masturbating in front of girl in swimming pool' | World | News | Daily Express
Police in Düsseldorf arrested the 27-year-old man, who has not been named, after he started pleasuring himself in front of a young girl in the Düsselstrand swimming pool.
The girl, who police described as being “under 14”, had dived into the pool when she noticed the man pulling down his trunks and masturbating.
He then reportedly asked the girl: “Do you want to see more?”
The girl immediately ran to her father who reported the man to the lifeguards.
The migrant admitted the act to officers, who later released him.
The girl, who police described as being “under 14”, had dived into the pool when she noticed the man pulling down his trunks and masturbating.
He then reportedly asked the girl: “Do you want to see more?”
The girl immediately ran to her father who reported the man to the lifeguards.
The migrant admitted the act to officers, who later released him.
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01-16-2017, 04:53 PM
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immigrant shocker:
UK asylum seekers 'told to prove they are gay' - BBC News
everyone is gay.
UK asylum seekers 'told to prove they are gay' - BBC News
As the United Kingdom provides sanctuary to gay migrants, the number of migrants identifying as gay has increased to a whopping 450 percent over the last five years.
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