Statistics do not create a causal hivemind, and vice-versa. We must stipulatively define what "unemployment" we're discussing. It is especially true in lower- a

Statistics do not create a causal hivemind, and vice-versa. We must stipulatively define what "unemployment" we're discussing. It is especially true in lower- and middle-incomes where women decide to become single mothers much more readily and demand employed men. For wealthier people, I intuitively doubt this holds because there are other fulfillment activities that supplant clawing at jobs for survival. Freedom from meeting survival needs can be counterintuitively freeing and depressingly boring or allow stopping to smell the proverbial roses, depending on individual outlook. There are millions of existentially depressed wealthy housewives who feel they don't have a greater purpose in the world, enough excitement, or anything new to look forward to... hence cheating, therapy, and post menstrual adventures breaking free from family. I hypothesize from intuition that coupling, marriage, and families are more likely to start and continue when there is necessary and sufficient wealth captured. OTOH, crimes and diseases of despair (heroin and mass shootings) happen when there is not.. because happy and comfortable people generally don't throw themselves away. I'm wondering about the future of many countries, including China, where there are idle, surplus men without income... this is very dangerous.