Since undocumented workers and those employed in illegal activites contribute to aggregate output(real gdp) is there an official way to measure their output or their contribution to statistics such as the unemployment rate?
How are undocumented workers accounted for in unemployment statistics?
they are not accounted for
Reply:The fact that they are undocumented should answer your questions. If they are here illegally then no taxes, social security,
or anything else is taken out. They do not file tax returns nor
does the people who hire illegals admit to hiring them. I don't believe there is any way to make any official statistic concerning
their contributions.
Reply:No. Unemployment statistics depend a great deal on counting people who have applied for unemployment benefits and are looking for work through that department. (That's why the figures can't really be trusted; they don't count people who have just given up.)
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