Why is Insured Unemployment so Low?

Gary Burtless

Discussants: Lawrence H. Summers

1983, No. 1

THE NATION’S unemployment rate has risen to new post-Depression highs
since 1980. But at the same time the number of persons receiving
unemployment compensation benefits has been unusually low relative
to the total number of unemployed. Two types of state and federal
programs are involved in this development: regular unemployment
benefits and extended and supplemental benefit programs

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Why is Insured Unemployment so Low?

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Why is Insured Unemployment so Low?

Gary Burtless Gary Burtless Senior Fellow Emeritus - Economic Studies, Center for Economic Security and Opportunity Discussants: Lawrence H. Summers Lawrence H. Summers Charles W. Eliot University Professor and President Emeritus - Harvard University

Gary Burtless

Discussants: Lawrence H. Summers