by Jim Rose in business cycles, economic growth, job search and matching, labour economics, labour supply, macroeconomics, politics - USA, unemployment Tags: Canada, unemployment rates

Source: OECD StatExtract

Unemployed people are defined as those who report that they are without work, that they are available for work and that they have taken active steps to find work in the last four weeks.

The ILO Guidelines specify what actions count as active steps to find work; these include answering vacancy notices, visiting factories, construction sites and other places of work, and placing advertisements in the press as well as registering with labour offices.