Jim Dator wrote:
>
> This may have already been discussed to death on this list, but if not,
> I wonder if anyone knows the facts of the history of how "unemployment"
> is reckoned in the US.
>
> I seem to recollect that there was a major re-reckoning in the early 80s
> which resulted in a substantial reduction in the numbers of people
> officially classified as "unemployed" in the US.
>
> Anyone got the facts on this?
I'm not up to date on this, but I believe (somebody who
knows for sure should confirm/clarify this...) that
anyone who has been out of work for more than
6 months and is not "actively looking for work"
is *not* counted in the unemployment figures. I think
these people are informally called "discouraged workers",
and I know of nowhere where the government tracks their
number or (a fortiori) publishes it.
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