失业持续时间的界定失业率是反映劳动力市场状况的一个重要指标,但仅仅使用失业率一个概念并不能有效反映劳动力市场状况。因此,国际社会同时用失业持续时间来衡量一个国家或地区的失业程度。失业持续时间是指两次就业之间的间隔时间,即失业时间的长度,通常按周计算。在西方一些国家的失业统计中,年失业率取决于年内失业人数及其平均失业持续时间,并与年内失业人数及平均失业持 Definition of the Duration of Unemployment Unemployment rate is an important indicator of the state of the labor market. However, using only one concept of the unemployment rate can not effectively reflect the labor market conditions. Therefore, the international community also uses the duration of unemployment to measure the degree of unemployment in a country or region. Unemployment duration refers to the interval between two jobs, that is, the length of unemployment, usually calculated on a weekly basis. In the unemployment statistics of some western countries, the annual unemployment rate is determined by the number of unemployed people and their average duration of unemployment during the year. It is also related to the number of unemployed persons and the average unemployment rate during the year