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"For many years the Alaska Department of Labor has received criticism for its release of unemployment rates which severely understate the 'real' level of unemployment. The bulk of this criticism comes from rural areas of the state where the problem of unemployment is quite visible and levels are very high. In recent years there has been an increasing reliance on area unemployment rates as a mechanism for allocation of Federal and State funds to direct resources to those areas most in need. In spite of continuing criticism of published unemployment rates and the increasing use of such statistics for resources allocation, the question of 'real' unemployment had never been effectively studied. Last year, the second session of the eleventh Alaska legislature funded '... a study of real unemployment, employment opportunities and the feasibilty of establishing an employment security office in the Lower Yukon-Kuskokwim region.'"

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