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What Country Has the Worst Youth Unemployment? Not Spain or Greece…

The big loser is Turkey.
Despite the horror stories you may have heard about over half of Greek and Spanish youths being out of work, the reality is a bit more complicated. The above chart courtesy of the OECD (via Alan Beattie of the Financial Times) gives us a more accurate picture of youth joblessness. Instead of counting everyone under 25 who isn’t working as unemployed, it only counts everyone under 25 who isn’t working and isn’t in schol or a training program as unemployed. Things are still bad, but not nearly as bad as the headlines suggest.
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  1. theatlantic:

    What Country Has the Worst Youth Unemployment? Not Spain or Greece…

    The big loser is Turkey.

    Despite the horror stories you may have heard about over half of Greek and Spanish youths being out of work, the reality is a bit more complicated. The above chart courtesy of the OECD (via Alan Beattie of the Financial Times) gives us a more accurate picture of youth joblessness. Instead of counting everyone under 25 who isn’t working as unemployed, it only counts everyone under 25 who isn’t working and isn’t in schol or a training program as unemployed. Things are still bad, but not nearly as bad as the headlines suggest.

    Read more.

  1. 32 notesTimestamp: Wednesday 2012/06/06 15:15:01Via: theatlanticJobsEconomyEuropeEuro zoneSpainGreeceCharts
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    What Country Has the Worst Youth Unemployment? Not Spain or Greece… The big loser is Turkey. Despite the horror stories...
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    Érdekes statisztika, mert eddig Szlovákiára vonatkozólag én is csak a 34,2 százalékos adattal találkoztam, és ott egy...
  9. sronti reblogged this from medeaeva and added:
    Zavar, hogy nem értem, hogy mit nem értesz.
  10. wakeusandwedrown reblogged this from theatlantic and added:
    Dang
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    Better to know, gives a detailed pic on “Magical Turkey”. And explains the success of the Islamists there
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  14. medeaeva reblogged this from theatlantic and added:
    Nem értem. :-/
  15. rascouet said: That is true, but in Spain and Italy, for example, many people stay in school for a long time because there is no work.
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    Összehasonlításképpen a hazai helyzet: “A 15-24 évesek adták az összes munkanélküli közel 16 százalékát, a korcsoport...
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    This is a surprising statistic.
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