The 236, 000 net new jobs added to the economy in February is misleading the gross number of new jobs included 340, 000 in the part-time, low wage category.

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Interestingly, unemployment is a category where rich countries, with their high levels of wage insurance and stronger worker protections, tend to experience larger problems after financial crises than do emerging markets.

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The 3% who earn the minimum wage tend to be people in special circumstances, the most important category of which are people with very low skills, little job experience, and sometimes even poor English skills.

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