"That only six out of ten are working is moreover a considerable higher figure than the government's official one, that asserts that 77% of the Swedes are in work.
Edling's figures are sensitive. In, for example, Haparanda (far to the north) the number that get compensation for ill-health or unemployment is shockingly high, 40.9%. The average for the country is 20%. […] This is hugely controversial and not the least because it is near election time. [ …] That the investigation would be politically sensitive is denied by both the Swedish Trade Union Confederation (LO) and the Minister of Labor Karlsson."
But, Labour Market Policy by itself has never created any jobs!
In total, more than 19.7% of the population in the age group 20-64 receive payments for unemployment or ill-health. In Haparanda 40.9% of the population receive such payments.
This dramatic figure in Jan Edling's report supposedly caused prominent Social Democrats and the management of the Trade Union Confederation to get the jitters.
The age-group 20-64 make use of 45.6% of all public expenses.