While standard measures exaggerate youth unemployment, they likely understate adult unemployment, because those who have given up their job search are not counted among the unemployed. As the Great Recession drives up the number of such “discouraged workers,” adult unemployment rates appear to fall – presenting a distorted picture of reality.
标准算法会夸大年轻人失业率，也可能低估成年人失业率，因为放弃找工作之人被剔除出视野率计算之外。随着大衰退导致这类“沮丧工人”数量的增加，成年人失业率会有所下降，这可不是现实图景的真实反映。