> but being in a course means you are not counted as "looking"/"available" for a while
Are there enough people to whom that distinction applies to be more than statistical noise relative to the other regional variations that would have an impact?
Seems like a minor nit to pick in the grand scheme of things.
They claim 250,000 hidden unemployed for 220,000 "official" unemployed for Q1 2013, i.e., the official figures would be off by a factor of more than 2. But they don't say how many of those hidden unemployed are in training courses. Maybe the full study does say, I can't be bothered.
Are there enough people to whom that distinction applies to be more than statistical noise relative to the other regional variations that would have an impact?
Seems like a minor nit to pick in the grand scheme of things.