Youth unemployment | 41 comments (41 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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The ILO agreements are guidelines and several of the surveys depart from them as far as I could make out from the small print in the OECD comparisons.

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Tue Jan 17th, 2006 at 10:39:21 AM EST
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For the most part EU countries are using or will use the ILO definition in the near future. Euro-stats uses the ILO definition but caps the age group at 74. The latest Eurostat memo states:

Current deviations from definition of unemployment in the EU Labour Force Survey
Spain, United Kingdom: Unemployment is restricted to persons aged 16-74. In Spain the legal age limit for working is 16.
Netherlands: Persons without a job, who are available for work and looking for a job are only included in unemployment if they express that they would like to work.
The remaining deviations will disappear as Member States adapt their surveys to the new definitions. The other Member States already comply with the definition.

by Alexandra in WMass (alexandra_wmass[a|t]yahoo[d|o|t]fr) on Tue Jan 17th, 2006 at 10:52:28 AM EST
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Sorry I should add that countries can still maintain their own national versions of unemployment definition. France for example has two definitions.

by Alexandra in WMass (alexandra_wmass[a|t]yahoo[d|o|t]fr) on Tue Jan 17th, 2006 at 10:54:44 AM EST
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That'll make life a little easier I suppose. It still doesn't help with the structural differences, but at least the surveys will be on the same basis.

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Tue Jan 17th, 2006 at 10:54:48 AM EST
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Youth unemployment | 41 comments (41 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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