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Top news17 May

Sweden has the worst job prospects in the EU - the hidden number changes everything

Sweden has the highest unemployment rate among young people in the EU, statistics show. Or is it? Not if you measure the percentage of young people who are neither studying nor working. By that measure, Sweden ranks near the bottom in Europe, says Professor Anders Forslund.

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Top news11 May

5 or 10 percent - that's why unemployment is spreading

Unemployment looks set to be one of the big issues of the election. However, how big the problem is depends on how it is measured. Statistics Sweden says it is close to 10 percent, almost the highest in the EU. That is true, but not particularly interesting. Professor Anders Forslund says it is not a good measure of social problems.

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