[lbo-talk] Question on unemployment

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed Aug 13 19:32:42 PDT 2003


Alexandre Fenelon wrote:


>Is there some diference between methodologies for unemployment calculation
>in the USA and EU? How would those calculations would impact official rates?

They do use different concepts and techniques. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics produces comparable employment and unemployment stats; see <http://www.bls.gov/fls/home.htm>. The OECD does too; see <ttp://www.oecd.org/topicstatsportal/0,2647,en_2825_495670_2759248_1_1_1_1,00.html> (though they charge for lots of their data).

Doug



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