One factor that causes unemployment and earnings figures to over-predict the amount of economic hardship is A.the recurrence of periods of unemployment for a group of low--wage workers.
B.the fact that unemployment counts do not include those who work for low wages. C.the establishment of a system of record keeping that makes it possible to compile poverty statistics. D.the prevalence, among low--wage workers and the unemployed, of members of families in which others are employed.