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I always thought that the great lie in the employment statistics was due to high percentage of the American population that is in jail. USA has the greatest num
by neves 12y ago
I always thought that the great lie in the employment statistics was due to high percentage of the American population that is in jail. USA has the greatest number of prisoners of the developed countries, and it skews the statistics.
- jpatokal 12y agoSure, but the total prison population has been static to falling since 2008 or so. This means it's increasing the labor pool, not shrinking it. http://amsaltz.com/tag/achievement-gap/ http://amsaltz.com/tag/achievement-gap/
- ptaipale 12y agoIt cannot be a very great lie, because the incarceration rate is <1 %, and unemployment is generally an order of magnitude larger. And: incarceration rate includes also people who are not in in the potential workforce (i.e. are not working age).