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33 sats \ 4 replies \ @Undisciplined 2 Nov 2023 \ on: Economic ''Surprise'': German Unemployment Soars Past Predictions meta
Do German unemployment figures have the same methodological issues as American?
Oh yes. It's worse. For example: people over 58 do not appear in the statistics.
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Some of the American metrics focus on working age, too, but I think that goes to 65.
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Both take out hundreds of thousands by recognizing them as ''disabled''
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Our disability program is structured in a way that makes it very difficult to ever rejoin the labor force. It's supposed to disincentivize going on disability support, but it's created a huge population of people who basically aren't allowed to work.
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