Wednesday, November 23, 2011

mulligan stews

"The recipiency rate change from 2007 to 2010 is thus a combination of a decreased likelihood of exhausting benefits and an increased propensity to receive benefits early in the unemployment spell


"Unemployment insurance is known for its ability to expand eligibility as a recession gets going, whether through the “extended benefits” that take effect at given jobless rates or through legislative action beyond that."

" But  this time ....
 an adjustment almost as important has occurred in the labor force itself: during the recession


 people increased their propensity to take advantage of available benefits." 

the spongers are growing among us