[lbo-talk] Question: Source of High European/Relatively Low USUnemployment

[Doug Henwood]

Steven Gotzler wrote:


>Doesn't the US calculate its unemployment numbers in a very 
>different way from many of the EU countries.

Somewhat, but the difference persists even if you use comparable 
definitions - and employment/population ratios (the share of the 
adult pop working for pay) also stack up in the conventional way (US 
high, Europe low).

Doug