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To: maceng2 who wrote (39549)	10/13/2003 6:42:38 PM
From: GraceZ	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74559

We do have a very simply definition of unemployment, taken from the BLS site: What are the basic concepts of employment and unemployment? The basic concepts involved in identifying the employed and unemployed are quite simple: People with jobs are employed. People who are jobless, looking for jobs, and available for work are unemployed. People who are neither employed nor unemployed are not in the labor force. The survey is designed so that each person age 16 and over who is not in an institution such as a prison or mental hospital or on active duty in the Armed Forces is counted and classified in only one group. The sum of the employed and the unemployed constitutes the civilian labor force. Persons not in the labor force combined with those in the civilian labor force constitute the civilian noninstitutional population 16 years of age and over. Under these concepts, most people are quite easily classified. The reasons they don't use the unemployed insurance numbers: Some people think that to get these figures on unemployment the Government uses the number of persons filing claims for unemployment insurance (UI) benefits under State or Federal Government programs. But some people are still jobless when their benefits run out, and many more are not eligible at all or delay or never apply for benefits. So, quite clearly, UI information cannot be used as a source for complete information on the number of unemployed. The number of people receiving unemployment insurance is significantly lower than the number of people who are unemployed AND the exact number IS published on a regular basis (thanks to technology). If you wish to use it to understate the unemployment percentage, feel free. If the government tried to do that, the labor advocates in this country would scream bloody murder.