Hi Earl

I would not go so far as to say it is all lies. If you look at the figure for Germany in terms of male participation in the labour market, you would think that there was 33% unemployment. Obviously there is not. So I would imagine, that what we have here are raw figures that would need to be taken apart and then stratified. Hence I would think that those figures regarding Finland's female labour participation are indeed stratified, and you will need to get to the stratification formula. If that appears to be questionable, then your lament will be heeded.

So the work is not over yet, it seems to me.

Good luck.

Helmut Kostreba
Hamburg