Detail The Statistics Corner : Interpreting The Unemployment Statistics   Oleh:  Norwood, Janet L. Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine Dalam koleksi: BUSINESS ECONOMICS vol. 28 no. 1 (1993), page 56-60. Topik: statistic; unemployment statistics Ketersediaan Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: BB20.1 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada     Lihat Detail Induk Isi artikel For nearly half a century, the concept of unemployment measurement has remained essentially the same, but the meaning of the nation's unemployment rate is still not well understood. The docus of attention, especially in a political season, is the overall unemployment rate. But the financial markets focus on a different number - the number of payroll jobs. We all know it is the job growth (employment0 that we need to be especially concerned about. But why is it that so few people - even economists who use the data - really understand the way in which unemployment is measured, and what the counts released each month really mean ? Two kinds of issues seem to could interpretation of the unemployment rate : 1. too many of those who interpret the data do not know how to relate the numbers to the economy, and particularly to the current economic situation 2. there is a lack of agreement on what unemployment really means, and how it is collected in the labor force survey. Opini Anda Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini! Kembali

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