Talk:Unemployment in Poland

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Did you know... that officially reported unemployment in Poland rose from near zero in 1989 to over 13% in 2012?

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GUS and EUROSTAT rates

It makes absolutely no sense to try and present the GUS figures and the EUROSTAT figures as if they were somehow "in opposition" to each other or as if they contradicted each other. They don't. It's like asking whether a person's height is 6 ft. or 182.88 cm. It's both. Just like the unemployment rate in Poland is both 13.5% and 9.6%. It depends on the units of measurement, or more specifically, on the definition of the unemployment rate.

However, if the purpose is to make any kind of international comparisons then only the EUROSTAT numbers can be used, as these are harmonized figures based on a definition and methodology which is consistent across countries. It makes no sense to compare the GUS figure for Poland with the EUROSTAT (or their own national) figure for, say, Hungary, like that (stupid) Warsaw Business Journal article does. It's apples and oranges (well, oranges and grapefruit).

On the other hand, if you want to compare the unemployment rate across regions in Poland, then the GUS figures are the appropriate ones. Again, because these use the same consistent definition and methodology. Volunteer Marek (talk) 11:34, 6 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. I think we already explain why those two numbers are different (i.e, different methodology). --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 13:23, 6 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The unemployment is connected to the 21st century economic migration of Poles

Xx234 (talk) 08:13, 20 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]