This is because being unemployed in Ternopil, as in most of western Ukraine, does not mean that you don't have a job.

ECONOMIST: Emigration from Ukraine

From builders and farm hands to nannies and prostitutes, Ternopil has packed off its sons and, increasingly, its daughters to find work farther west in Europe.

ECONOMIST: Emigration from Ukraine

But the director of a school in the village of Velyki Hai, just outside Ternopil, says that of his 477 students, at least 110 have one or both parents working abroad, sending money home.

ECONOMIST: Emigration from Ukraine