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CS Monitor: stats are only good when they suit us | 12 comments (12 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: CS Monitor: stats are only good (none / 1)

The basic point is that comparing unemployment statistics across economic regions with different structures makes no sense at all.

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Thu Mar 15th, 2007 at 11:54:09 AM EST
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Re: CS Monitor: stats are only good (4.00 / 2)

Yes. I followed that earlier diary. I agree.

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Thu Mar 15th, 2007 at 11:59:57 AM EST
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Re: CS Monitor: stats are only good (none / 1)

An effective way of cutting the unemployment rate in a country is to forbid people on unemployment benefit from looking for a job more than once a month. They won't show up in the household survey as unemployed half the time then ...

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Thu Mar 15th, 2007 at 12:05:02 PM EST
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CS Monitor: stats are only good when they suit us | 12 comments (12 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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