http://www.eirjobs.com/news/irish-unemployment-rate-at-48/ Irish Jobs : EirJobs.com provides a news service about the jobs market in Ireland. We deliver bulletins about jobs, tax, and other Irish topics. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:31:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://www.eirjobs.com/news/irish-unemployment-rate-at-48/#comment-12629 A Germans perspective Sat, 08 Dec 2007 08:53:24 +0000 http://www.eirjobs.com/news/ireland%e2%80%99s-unemployment-rate-at-48/#comment-12629 Like the comparison to Germany! The Germans calculate the unemployment differently (e.g. single mothers, people on work sceems, ..., everyone on state benefits is included) therefore, the figure is higher than the qeuivalent Irish figure. Also Germany does not need to spend the same GPP % on builidung infrastruture and public services as it already is in place and only needs maintaining. Like the comparison to Germany! The Germans calculate the unemployment differently (e.g. single mothers, people on work sceems, …, everyone on state benefits is included) therefore, the figure is higher than the qeuivalent Irish figure.
Also Germany does not need to spend the same GPP % on builidung infrastruture and public services as it already is in place and only needs maintaining.

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