Slightly OT, but...
Originally Posted by
Old_Fokker
"Another thing to know from Spain: 20% unemployment means there is a huge amount of people not declaring their income. Sure, there's a lot of people not having income and suffering lots, but not 20% by far. I grew up there."
You deny its 20% yet you fail to provide a credible alternative figure, let alone a source.
Underdeclared income and informal work notwithstanding (and it is a reality in Spain as in much of Southern Europe), I understand the number of people who qualify as unemployed or not sufficiently employed is in fact significantly
higher than that provided above. I do not recall the exact figure, although 30% rings a bell. My source: personal exchange with a EU employee in charge of labour and education programs in Spain, early 2010. Sorry it is not a public and verifiable source.