Unemployment. Medical search. Frequent questions

Per federal guidance in the Continued Assistance Act of 2020, all new Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) claims filed after January 31, 2021 are subject to identity verification. (maine.gov)

Another Bloodbath Week for Unemployment The only sliver of good news is that expanded unemployment benefits will help keep more people financially afloat for a while. (nymag.com)

Stay on top of new and emerging unemployment insurance fraud schemes with analytical models that are continuously updated and improved based on results from across states and agencies. (sas.com)

Because of the difficulty in measuring the unemployment rate by, for example, using surveys (as in the United States) or through registered unemployed citizens (as in some European countries), statistical figures such as the employment-to-population ratio might be more suitable for evaluating the status of the workforce and the economy if they were based on people who are registered, for example, as taxpayers. (wikipedia.org)

Why Pandemic Unemployment Benefits (Probably) Won't Be Extended Delta is extending the pandemic, but Congress isn't extending UI. (nymag.com)
Record-high unemployment claims during the COVID-19 pandemic heightened the risk of unemployment insurance fraud, costing states hundreds of millions of dollars and delaying delivery of benefits to people in need. (sas.com)
Organized crime rings are committing unemployment insurance fraud on a massive scale through both standard claim filings and the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program. (sas.com)
Dr Jack Copley looks back at the EU approach to tackling unemployment in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic. (bath.ac.uk)
Today, the pandemic lockdowns have caused European unemployment to spike again. (bath.ac.uk)
In most cases, if you lost your job as a result of the shutdowns related to the pandemic , you may be eligible for unemployment benefits. (aarp.org)
Millions of Americans have filed for unemployment benefits because the economic standstill triggered by the coronavirus pandemic has pushed the nation's jobless rate to the highest level since the Great Depression . (foxbusiness.com)
As millions file for unemployment, many are now dealing with a pandemic-related ripple effect: a massive loss of employment-dependent health and dental insurance across America. (feminist.org)
In US Unemployment Insurance Replacement Rates during the Pandemic (NBER Working Paper 27216 ), Peter Ganong , Pascal J. Noel , and Joseph S. Vavra calculate the distribution of unemployment insurance benefits under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. (nber.org)
The large spike in the unemployment rate is the largest monthly increase since the early days of the pandemic as both more employed people entered unemployment and fewer unemployed people found a job. (shrm.org)
A CARES Act program that expanded states' ability to provide unemployment insurance for many workers impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, including for workers who are not ordinarily eligible for unemployment benefits, including independent contractors, self-employed, students and youth, and others who may be unable to prove prior-year income. (tcf.org)
The unemployment rate is a marked improvement from the pandemic low point - a 14.7% jobless rate in April -- but with at least 170,000 new coronavirus cases being recorded in the U.S. day after day, state governors and municipal officials have been imposing new restrictions on business activity after months ago lifting similar curbs as the advance of the virus seemed to ebb. (voanews.com)

Unemployment is measured by the unemployment rate, which is the number of people who are unemployed as a percentage of the labour force (the total number of people employed added to those unemployed). (wikipedia.org)
The unemployment rate is still near a 50-year low, but more people keep dropping out of the workforce. (nymag.com)
The unemployment rate only measures people who have searched for jobs in the last four weeks, while millions of other out-of-work Americans aren't included. (cnn.com)
Along with the official unemployment rate, the Department of Labor also calculates something called the employment-population ratio , which measures the percent of the U.S. adult population that has a job. (cnn.com)
That paints a much bleaker picture of the job market than the unemployment rate, which has fallen considerably in the last year. (cnn.com)
Ultimately, the measure is really showing just how engaged the American population is in wage-earning jobs, arguably a better gauge of economy than the unemployment rate. (cnn.com)
But while the indicator is clearly more intuitive than the unemployment rate, it's not a perfect measure of the job market either. (cnn.com)
Another problem with the ratio is that it can be just as politicized as the unemployment rate. (cnn.com)
Many Republicans cried foul when the unemployment rate unexpectedly dropped two weeks ago. (cnn.com)
Even before the COVID-19 crisis, military spouse unemployment was more than seven times the national average and had been holding consistently at that rate since approximately 2012. (deloitte.com)
The rate depends on the amount of wages, the number of employees, and also the number of charges to the employer's unemployment account. (nolo.com)
While the eurozone's unemployment rate has been rising steadily for the past year as the economy struggled with a financial crisis and government spending cuts, the United States has seen its equivalent rate fall to 7.8 percent. (yahoo.com)
With surveys suggesting that firms are becoming more reluctant to hire, the eurozone unemployment rate looks set to rise further, placing more pressure on struggling households," said Ben May, European economist at Capital Economics. (yahoo.com)
Once again, Spain held the ignominious position of having the highest unemployment rate in the eurozone, at 25.8 percent. (yahoo.com)
Greece may yet surpass that - its unemployment rate mushroomed to 25.1 percent in July, the latest available figure, and is due to increase in the face of what many economists are calling an economic depression. (yahoo.com)
The lowest unemployment rate in the eurozone was Austria's 4.4 percent. (yahoo.com)
Job growth returned to the U.S. in January, with nonfarm payrolls increasing by 49,000 while the unemployment rate fell to 6.3%, the Labor Department said Friday in the first employment report of the Biden administration. (cnbc.com)
The sharp drop in the unemployment came as the labor force participation rate edged lower to 61.4% and 406,000 workers left the labor force. (cnbc.com)
We especially shouldn't take solace that the unemployment rate fell dramatically given that's mainly because more Americans dropped out of the labor force. (cnbc.com)
SHAH ALAM: Malaysia's unemployment rate is manageable and not expected to exceed 3.5 per cent this year amid the global economic slowdown, Human Resources Minister, Datuk Seri Richard Riot said. (thestar.com.my)
I believe if the average unemployment rate of 3.1 per cent goes up, it will not likely exceed 3.5 per cent. (thestar.com.my)
I believe with projects such as the Petronas Pengerang Integrated Complex and Samalaju Industrial Park in Sarawak, the unemployment rate in Malaysia is not going to exceed 3.5 per cent," he added. (thestar.com.my)
The latest key statistics for the labour force in Malaysia showed the unemployment rate in November 2016 was at 3.4 per cent. (thestar.com.my)
The unemployment rate in Guatemala decreased to 2.57 percent since the previous year. (statista.com)
Nevertheless, the last two years recorded a significant higher unemployment rate than the preceding years. (statista.com)
The unemployment rate refers to the share of the workforce that is currently not working but is actively searching for work. (statista.com)
Find more key insights for the unemployment rate in countries like Belize and Honduras . (statista.com)
Despite the Bureau of Labor Statistics' report that U.S. unemployment fell to 7.7 percent in February, the real jobless rate stands at 23 percent. (truthdig.com)
Despite 9 million Americans remaining out of work, economists hailed the drop of the U.S. unemployment rate to its lowest level since 2008 on Friday. (truthdig.com)
Former press secretary and current Obama adviser Robert Gibbs took on our country's proud new unemployment rate truthers during an appearance on NBC 's Meet the Press today. (nymag.com)
I assume, David, there's a number of people that believe the real unemployment rate is somewhere in a safe in Nairobi with the president's Kenyan birth certificate," he told host David Gregory before calling the idea of the White House meddling with Friday's jobs report "absolutely crazy. (nymag.com)
By Sherry Saunders, Director of Communications, Business and Professional Women's Foundation I think we all were heartened by the news in November that while 13 million Americans remain out of work, the overall unemployment rate decreased from 9.9 percent to 8.6 percent. (feminist.org)
To assess social conditions prevailing in the département in that year, we construct measures of the unemployment rate as well as other social, economic and demographic variables using multiple waves of the French Labor Survey. (repec.org)
Statistics released today show a 6.7 percent unemployment rate up from 6.4 percent in December. (scoop.co.nz)
Even if the overall unemployment rate falls in the coming months and years, the gap between men and women may persist. (npr.org)
Employers in the U.S. added 339,000 new jobs in May, far surpassing expectations, and the unemployment rate increased to 3.7 percent, according to the latest employment report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics . (shrm.org)
While the unemployment rate rose to 3.7 percent, it remains near historic lows, and with more than 10 million job openings, American businesses are still hiring. (shrm.org)
And an even larger and arguably more concerning spike in the Black unemployment rate threatens to reverse substantial gains made over the past few years. (shrm.org)
Some experts believe the unemployment rate will eventually surpass 20%, nearing the all-time high of 24.9% in 1933, in the middle of the Great Depression. (bayoubuzz.com)
2010-12-13T04:31:36-05:00 https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvOTg2XC8yOTcwMjYtbS5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ== Panelists talked about the U.S. job market and initiatives that might help lower the unemployment rate. (c-span.org)
Panelists talked about the U.S. job market and initiatives that might help lower the unemployment rate. (c-span.org)
These data are featured in the TED article, Unemployment rate falls to 8.6 percent in November 2011 . (bls.gov)
The course continues by studying the labour market, unemployment and the Phillips curve, and ends with an introduction to the currency market where exchange rates and exchange rate regimes are analysed. (lu.se)

If you recently lost your job through no fault of your own, are unable to work due to a natural disaster or quit for good cause related to the work or the employer, you may be eligible to receive unemployment benefits . (mo.gov)
If you received a Form 1099-G and did not receive unemployment benefits from UI Online or PUA during the past year, please complete our secure fraud reporting form . (mass.gov)
If you file a new claim on or after July 2, 2023, the maximum number of weeks for which you may receive unemployment benefits is 26. (mass.gov)
What's more, under the recent federal COVID response bill, you can receive unemployment benefits for up to 79 weeks through the various relief programs the federal government has created. (aarp.org)

Democrats Must Stop the IRS From Eating the Unemployed's Stimulus Checks If Biden doesn't forgive the taxes on millions of Americans' unemployment benefits, they might not forgive him for their giant surprise tax bills. (nymag.com)
Nevada Sex Workers Are Getting Stiffed by Brothels, the Government - and COVID Barred from both working and receiving unemployment benefits, sex workers are struggling to survive the inequality of the socially distanced economy. (nymag.com)
If you've recently lost your job in Florida, you may be eligible for Florida Unemployment Insurance benefits. (aol.com)
This is a guide to filing your claim for Florida unemployment benefits. (aol.com)
SAS helps unemployment agencies ensure the integrity of their unemployment benefits programs by detecting unemployment insurance fraud faster without jeopardizing legitimate payments to individuals. (sas.com)
Precise targeting dramatically reduces false positives, ensuring that the people who need unemployment benefits receive them without delay. (sas.com)
Unemployment benefits are cash benefits to help eligible individuals who lose their job. (nolo.com)
Eligible claimants may receive up to 20 weeks of unemployment insurance benefits through the state.Before applying, check to see if you qualify for unemployment benefits . (mo.gov)
Use these calculators to estimate the unemployment benefits for which you may be eligible. (mo.gov)
Estimate the unemployment benefits available for full-time workers . (mo.gov)
Missourians who leave their job and relocate to be with a spouse active in the military can file for unemployment benefits for up to 20 weeks . (mo.gov)
A claimant, an employer, or a licensed attorney can file an appeal following unemployment benefits determination. (mo.gov)
Recession and unemployment make it more difficult for the eurozone to deal with its debt problem - governments need to pay more benefits to the jobless and receive fewer tax revenues. (yahoo.com)
As part of a nationwide unemployment benefits fraud scheme, criminal enterprises are using stolen personal information to try to fraudulently file unemployment claims. (mass.gov)
If you believe someone is using your identity to falsely claim unemployment benefits, learn how to report the fraud and what to do to protect yourself. (mass.gov)
Can I get unemployment benefits because I lost my job due to the coronavirus? (aarp.org)
Unemployment benefits are available to employees in every state who are out of work through no fault of their own. (nolo.com)
Unemployment benefits are typically paid on a weekly basis, at a certain percentage of your past earnings, for a set period of time (usually up to 26 weeks). (nolo.com)
This page will help you determine whether you are eligible for benefits, how to file a claim for unemployment, how to calculate your weekly benefit amount, and how to challenge a denial of benefits. (nolo.com)
Do You Qualify for Unemployment Benefits? (nolo.com)
Unemployment benefits are meant to act as a temporary safety net for employees who are out of work through no fault of their own -- to tide them over until they can find a new job. (nolo.com)
Unemployment Benefits: What If You're Fired? (nolo.com)
Some reasons for termination might make you ineligible for unemployment benefits. (nolo.com)
Unemployment Benefits: What If You Quit? (nolo.com)
If you quit a job without good cause, you may not qualify for unemployment benefits. (nolo.com)
Can I get unemployment benefits if I quit my job to care for my injured child? (nolo.com)
Find out if you can still get unemployment benefits if you quit to take care of your injured child? (nolo.com)
What Can Disqualify You From Unemployment Benefits? (nolo.com)
Learn how -- and where -- to file your claim for unemployment benefits. (nolo.com)
Unemployment Benefits: How Much Will You Get? (nolo.com)
Should You Talk to a Lawyer If Your Unemployment Benefits Are Denied? (nolo.com)
If you decide to challenge an unfair denial of unemployment benefits, your ex-employer will probably be represented by a lawyer throughout the process, and you should be too. (nolo.com)
Do you have to pay income tax on unemployment benefits? (nolo.com)
Have questions about taxes and unemployment benefits? (nj.gov)
For more information about income taxes and unemployment benefits, click here . (nj.gov)
If your claim for unemployment benefits has been denied in Michigan, you may think that you're out of luck. (nolo.com)
In Michigan, as in all other states, you have the right to appeal a denial of unemployment benefits. (nolo.com)
This article explains common reasons why unemployment claims are denied, how to appeal a denial of unemployment benefits, and how to argue your case. (nolo.com)
For more information on unemployment benefits in general, see our Collecting Unemployment Benefits page. (nolo.com)
In Michigan (as in most states), you must have earned a minimum amount in wages from employers who are covered by the state's unemployment laws (most are), during a 12-month stretch called the " base period ," in order to qualify for benefits. (nolo.com)
For more information on the earnings requirements, and the other requirements listed below, see Collecting Unemployment Benefits in Michigan . (nolo.com)
It's not always worthwhile to appeal a denial of unemployment benefits. (nolo.com)
President Joe Biden's administration has been pushing through a $1.9 trillion rescue package that includes direct payment to Americans and enhanced unemployment benefits. (cnbc.com)
States use the money to administer regular unemployment benefits, while the extra $600 weekly payments for laid-off workers stems from the federal stimulus package signed at the end of March. (foxbusiness.com)
How do I know if I am eligible for Unemployment Insurance Benefits? (uwm.edu)
How do I apply for Unemployment Insurance Benefits? (uwm.edu)
How has COVID-19 impacted Unemployment Insurance Benefits? (uwm.edu)
What is UWM's role in Unemployment Benefits? (uwm.edu)
UWM's role in Unemployment Insurance Benefits is to act as a middle party between a claimant and the State of Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (Unemployment Insurance Division). (uwm.edu)
Since UWM does not manage the Unemployment Insurance Benefits process we are unable to control certain factors, especially how information is communicated. (uwm.edu)
However, we have a team dedicated to managing the Unemployment Insurance Benefits process to ensure we are responding in a timely and accurate manner to all requests of information from the State of Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development. (uwm.edu)
Who do I contact at UWM regarding my Unemployment Insurance Benefits concerns? (uwm.edu)
WASHINGTON - State unemployment agencies are gearing up to resume sending unemployment payments to millions of people as Congress moves to ship President Barack Obama a measure to restore lapsed benefits. (newsday.com)
State unemployment and labor agencies have been preparing for weeks for Congress to restore jobless payments averaging $309 a week for almost 5 million people whose 26 weeks of state benefits have run out. (newsday.com)
Those people are enrolled in a federally financed program providing up to 73 additional weeks of unemployment benefits. (newsday.com)
P aying unemployment insurance benefits to those who lose their jobs provides them with financial support as they look for work. (nber.org)
Under this legislation, the federal government added $600 per week to state unemployment insurance (UI) benefits. (nber.org)
As a result, the researchers estimate, half of the eligible unemployed are now entitled to total unemployment benefits that replace at least 134 percent of their lost wages. (nber.org)
The CARES Act adds the same fixed amount to all workers' benefits, which leads to unemployment benefits that exceed wages at the lower end of the wage distribution. (nber.org)
The generosity of unemployment benefits varies across states, but prior to CARES most states replaced 30-50 percent of lost earnings. (nber.org)
In the bottom 20 percent of the income distribution, total unemployment benefits - UI plus CARES - are more than twice lost wages. (nber.org)
Because median lost wages are much lower than mean lost wages, and the CARES benefit boost was designed to generate a 100 percent earnings replacement for someone with mean earnings, total unemployment benefits now exceed lost wages for the median unemployed worker in every state. (nber.org)
They note that a federal policy that topped up state UI benefits to a fixed percentage of the prior earnings that states use to calculate unemployment benefits would do a superior job of replacing lost income without paying benefits that exceed lost wages. (nber.org)
Since its inception in 1937, Michigan's unemployment benefits system has been among the nation's most productive, outlasting the state's automotive and other industrial and manufacturing sectors to become Michigan's most enduring job-provider. (theonion.com)
Employers pay taxes into the unemployment insurance (UI) program to finance benefits for workers recently unemployed, with employers paying different tax rates based on factors like the health of the state's UI fund and the business's layoff history. (taxfoundation.org)
Unemployment insurance is a joint federal-state social insurance program that finances benefits for recently unemployed workers through taxes on employers. (taxfoundation.org)
What Do Unemployment Benefits Look Like in Each State? (tcf.org)
A new application for unemployment benefits or to restart unemployment benefits after a subsequent period of unemployment benefits within a benefit year. (tcf.org)
Ongoing claims for unemployment benefits, including weeks that are paid and weeks that are pending or serving a disqualification. (tcf.org)
Another 4.5 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week. (bayoubuzz.com)
FILE - A COVID-19 Unemployment Assistance Updates logo is displayed on a smartphone against the backdrop of an application for unemployment benefits, in Arlington, Virginia. (voanews.com)

Unemployment claimants must verify their identity using the security vendor ID.me. (nj.gov)
Along with states across the country, the Department has partnered with trusted technology partner ID.me to help bolster current fraud prevention measures and protect unemployment claimants. (maine.gov)
The average weekly amount claimants collect for weeks of total unemployment. (tcf.org)

Check with your state's unemployment agency to determine the process for filing for unemployment. (nolo.com)
You'll also find information about the federal and state unemployment laws that have changed in response to the coronavirus crisis, and links to your state's unemployment agency. (nolo.com)

In addition to theories of unemployment, a few categorisations of unemployment are used for more precisely modelling the effects of unemployment within the economic system. (wikipedia.org)
Understanding the unemployed : the psychological effects of unemployment / John Hayes and Peter Nutman. (who.int)

Most employers will have to pay both federal and state unemployment taxes, which fund unemployment insurance programs. (nolo.com)

Economists distinguish between various overlapping types of and theories of unemployment, including cyclical or Keynesian unemployment, frictional unemployment, structural unemployment and classical unemployment definition. (wikipedia.org)
But the pace of gains is still below the roughly 250,000 jobs per month over a sustained period that economists say is needed to significantly reduce unemployment. (msnbc.com)
With the eurozone economy fading, most economists think unemployment will keep increasing over the coming months and that the deteriorating economic picture will soon spook investors again after a brief hiatus. (yahoo.com)

Employers must follow their state's requirements for paying unemployment taxes, reporting new employees , and responding to unemployment claims. (nolo.com)
The Department of Unemployment Assistance serves Massachusetts residents who are unemployed and looking for work, and employers that are legally required to contribute to the state's unemployment insurance (UI) program. (mass.gov)
Business owners have multiple unemployment tax obligations, however: States also impose a payroll tax on employers for unemployment (the State Unemployment Tax Act, or SUTA). (foxbusiness.com)

Quickly detect high-impact unemployment insurance fraud that may indicate organized crime or identity theft rings. (sas.com)
Gain a networked view of risk for unemployment insurance fraud to identify patterns hidden in huge volumes of unemployment claims data. (sas.com)
Find more unemployment insurance fraud faster with a solution that can be up and running in three weeks. (sas.com)
Take a hybrid approach to unemployment insurance fraud detection. (sas.com)
Find your state's agency that handles employer unemployment insurance taxes and other employment-related matters. (nolo.com)
Any business with employees will need to pay unemployment insurance taxes , report new hires, and comply with other filing and reporting requirements. (nolo.com)
If you are required to pay unemployment insurance taxes, you will need to register with your state's workforce tax agency. (nolo.com)
Below are links to each state agency that handles business employment matters, including unemployment insurance tax, employee reporting requirements, and other employee-related matters. (nolo.com)
The Division of Employment Security administers the Unemployment Insurance benefit and tax system in Missouri. (mo.gov)
DUA oversees the unemployment insurance (UI) program, which provides temporary income assistance to eligible workers in Massachusetts. (mass.gov)
Each state in the U.S. maintains an unemployment insurance system to provide support for people who are out of work and looking for a new job. (nolo.com)
Is Unemployment Insurance Taxable Income? (nolo.com)
Knowing what to expect in the mail can help you better manage your Unemployment Insurance claim. (nj.gov)
You will receive a determination letter from the Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA) if your unemployment claim has been denied. (nolo.com)
The staggering number of unemployment claims has left half of U.S. states with double-digit percentage declines in their insurance programs since the end of February. (foxbusiness.com)
by Hannah Gordon, Feminist Majority Foundation Welcome to the seventh #HERvotes blog carnival on the need to protect women and employment during these tough economic times, with a focus on the importance of extending Unemployment Insurance (UI) before the December 31st deadline. (feminist.org)
by Michael J. Wilson Americans for Democratic Action (ADA) was founded in 1947 by Eleanor Roosevelt and other liberal luminaries in order to protect the legacy of her husband, the recently-deceased President Franklin Roosevelt, a legacy that included unemployment insurance (UI). (feminist.org)
The resulting delays required two temporary unemployment insurance extensions - one came only after a lapse in coverage because Reid adjourned the Senate for its two-week Easter recess rather than engage in a battle with Republicans. (newsday.com)
LANSING, MI-In another devastating blow to the state's already fragile economy, the Unemployment Insurance Agency of the state of Michigan permanently shuttered its nine branch offices Monday, leaving more than 8,500 unemployment employees unemployed. (theonion.com)
Unemployment insurance taxes fund a social insurance program jointly operated by the federal and state governments. (taxfoundation.org)
Unemployment insurance denials as a percent of all claims. (tcf.org)

Identifying the Effect of Unemployment on Crime ," Journal of Law and Economics , University of Chicago Press, vol. 44(1), pages 259-283, April. (repec.org)
Identifying the Effect of Unemployment on Crime ," University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series qt5hb4h56g, Department of Economics, UC San Diego. (repec.org)
Identifying the Effect of Unemployment on Crime ," CEPR Discussion Papers 2129, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers. (repec.org)
For the first case we found that the aggregated effect of unemployment is way larger than if you would sum your individual effect. (lu.se)

More Than 22 Million Americans Have Filed for Unemployment in the Past Month Last week, another 5.2 million people lost their jobs in the U.S. as the coronavirus continues to ravage the economy. (nymag.com)

Voluntary unemployment includes workers who reject low-wage jobs, but involuntary unemployment includes workers fired because of an economic crisis, industrial decline, company bankruptcy, or organizational restructuring. (wikipedia.org)
The clearest cases of involuntary unemployment are those with fewer job vacancies than unemployed workers even when wages are allowed to adjust and so even if all vacancies were to be filled, some unemployed workers would still remain. (wikipedia.org)
Workers are eligible for unemployment compensation only if they are temporarily out of work through no fault of their own. (nolo.com)
However, a more encompassing measure of unemployment that includes discouraged workers and those holding part-time positions for economic reasons also fell, dropping to 11.1% from 11.7% in December. (cnbc.com)
Under the Federal Unemployment Tax Act, the government can tax businesses in order to collect money that will then be repurposed to state unemployment agencies and paid out to workers who have been laid off. (foxbusiness.com)
Since Mid-March, about 22 million workers have filed unemployment claims. (feminist.org)
Despite seemingly grim prospects for the Michigan unemployment industry in the near future, Gov. Granholm expressed solidarity with the laid-off UIA workers, saying that she was 'confident' the state will once again have a thriving unemployment industry. (theonion.com)
Seasonally adjusted, a total of 742,000 jobless workers filed new applications for unemployment compensation, up 31,000 from the revised figure of the week before. (voanews.com)

John Williams, the economist and statistician behind Shadow Government Statistics , a site that seeks to show how government reports on the economy are manipulated to hide bad news, reveals that in addition to being three times what the official figure shows, real unemployment is rising, not falling. (truthdig.com)

A huge pool indeed - the European economy has long been plagued by significantly higher unemployment than other rich economies. (bath.ac.uk)

Does Self-Employment Reduce Unemployment? (repec.org)

Unemployment can have many sources, such as the following: new technologies and inventions the status of the economy, which can be influenced by a recession competition caused by globalization and international trade policies of the government regulation and market Unemployment and the status of the economy can be influenced by a country through, for example, fiscal policy. (wikipedia.org)
As the graph above shows, there was basically no difference in unemployment rates for men and women before the recession. (npr.org)

U.S. unemployment benefit claims increased last week, the Labor Department reported Thursday, with the country's recent surge in coronavirus cases posing a new threat to the world's biggest economy. (voanews.com)
But there has been no evidence on movement toward a new estimated $2 trillion coronavirus relief aid package, including federal boosts to less generous state unemployment compensation. (voanews.com)

Material deprivation includes things such as family poverty and long-term parental unemployment. (medscape.com)

LONDON (AP) - Unemployment in the 17-country eurozone hit a record high of 11.6 percent in September, official figures showed Wednesday, a sign the economy is deteriorating as governments struggle to get a grip on their three-year debt crisis. (yahoo.com)
Both countries, which are at the heart of Europe's three-year debt crisis, have youth unemployment above 50 percent. (yahoo.com)

In addition, if you were at fault for losing your job, meaning that you quit or were fired, you typically can't collect unemployment. (nolo.com)
To collect unemployment , you must be out of work through no fault of your own. (nolo.com)

Unemployment, being a social problem of undeniable gravity, encouraging entrepreneurship through self-employment, it has been shown as a promising route, albeit with complex effectiveness in the context of active policies. (bvsalud.org)

Today's 3.3 Million Job Losses Is Just the Start While the initial unemployment claims figure released on Thursday is shockingly high, it also is probably low. (nymag.com)
Identify highly suspicious claims in real time using a combination of network analytics, machine learning techniques, and domain expertise from working with unemployment agencies across multiple states. (sas.com)
This includes claims denied for reasons for unemployment or failure to search actively for work. (tcf.org)

SAS offers a cloud-based, rapid-response unemployment fraud detection solution that can be up and running in three weeks, taking the burden off strained state IT resources and providing valuable insights on identity theft and criminal rings. (sas.com)

The state of being without any work yet looking for work is called unemployment. (wikipedia.org)
Our state has a long, hallowed history of unemployment, and with these closings, we have lost a vital part of our economic and social fabric. (theonion.com)
People from all over the state used to come just to visit our unemployment office,' Ayers, 52, said. (theonion.com)
No one, not even Michigan's state unemployment office, can elude market forces. (theonion.com)
The cash balance in the individual unemployment trust fund state account, not including loans as of the end of the month. (tcf.org)

In these terms, much or most of frictional unemployment is voluntary since it reflects individual search behavior. (wikipedia.org)
Results of search for 'su:{Unemployment. (who.int)

Discussions of frictional unemployment focus on voluntary decisions to work based on individuals' valuation of their own work and how that compares to current wage rates added to the time and effort required to find a job. (wikipedia.org)
Causes and solutions for frictional unemployment often address job entry threshold and wage rates. (wikipedia.org)
One of the most pressing of those challenges is staggering unemployment (24%) and underemployment (31-51%) among military spouses, rates that have held for years despite hundreds of millions of dollars spent by the US Department of Defense (DoD) to address the issue and a complex network of nonprofit support. (deloitte.com)
Riot said Malaysia had always been among countries with low unemployment rates averaging 3.1 per cent. (thestar.com.my)
This paper investigates the dynamic interrelationship between self-employment and unemployment rates. (repec.org)
On the one hand, unemployment rates may stimulate start-up activity of self-employed. (repec.org)
On the other hand, higher rates of self-employment may indicate increased entrepreneurial activity reducing unemployment in subsequent periods. (repec.org)
We use wavelet analysis to decompose time series covering ten countries 1913-2016, into short-run, medium-run, and long-run variations, and band spectrum regressions on the relation between unemployment, GDP, investment, interest rates and productivity. (lu.se)

Unemployment, according to the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development), is people above a specified age (usually 15) not being in paid employment or self-employment but currently available for work during the reference period. (wikipedia.org)
To be eligible for unemployment , you must be able and available to work. (nolo.com)
Long-term unemployment also was little changed at 4 million, while those without work for less than five weeks fell to 2.3 million. (cnbc.com)
How do unemployment taxes work? (foxbusiness.com)
Fifty-one-year-old Paul Huegli worked for the unemployment office for 25 years, and now finds himself in the odd position of competing for work against the very individuals he once served. (theonion.com)

That happens with cyclical unemployment, as macroeconomic forces cause microeconomic unemployment, which can boomerang back and exacerbate those macroeconomic forces. (wikipedia.org)
This paper adopts a long-run view of macroeconomic history to explore the long-run relationship between unemployment and macroeconomic variables. (lu.se)
unemployment and macroeconomic variables. (lu.se)

Maori and Pasifika unemployment is again disproportionately high at 13.9 percent and 16.0 percent respectively. (scoop.co.nz)

A single, end-to-end framework uses multiple techniques - automated business rules, predictive modeling, text mining, exception reporting, network link analysis, etc. - to better identify unemployment fraud and stop payments before they are made. (sas.com)
With unemployment claim filings at an all-time high, many states lack the resources and tools to cope with the deluge and manual processes make fraud detection nearly impossible - until it's too late. (sas.com)
Why choose SAS for unemployment fraud detection? (sas.com)
To report fraud or get help with your claim, call Unemployment Customer Assistance at (877) 626-6800. (mass.gov)

If a former employee files an unemployment claim, the unemployment agency will notify the employer and give them a chance to respond and contest the claim . (nolo.com)

Second, we find that increases in youth unemployment induce increases in crime. (repec.org)
To combat crime, it appears thus that all strategies designed to combat youth unemployment should be examined. (repec.org)
Youth Unemployment and Crime in France ," IZA Discussion Papers 2009, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA). (repec.org)
Youth Unemployment and Crime in France ," Journal of the European Economic Association , MIT Press, vol. 7(5), pages 909-938, September. (repec.org)
Youth Unemployment and Crime in France ," CEPR Discussion Papers 5600, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers. (repec.org)
Youth Unemployment and Crime in France ," Working Papers 2007-33, Center for Research in Economics and Statistics. (repec.org)
Youth unemployment figures are even more disturbing. (scoop.co.nz)
18.0 percent youth unemployment for 15-24 year olds shows the government really needs to bring focus and resource to this growing problem. (scoop.co.nz)
Youth unemployment and employment policy : a global perspective / Niall O'Higgins. (who.int)

The Unemployment Situation Will Get Worse Before It Gets Better Friday's jobs report doesn't look too bad at first glance, showing March unemployment at 4.4 percent. (nymag.com)
Taking potential structural breaks into consideration in each of the ten countries and ignoring other vari- ables, our results indicate that short- to long-run components of capi- tal formation explain between 40 percent and 81 percent of variations in unemployment. (lu.se)

This approach to reducing unemployment could claim some success at first. (bath.ac.uk)
If your unemployment claim is denied, here's how to appeal the decision. (nolo.com)
Find out how much it will cost to get legal help with your unemployment claim. (nolo.com)
Need in-person help with an unemployment claim? (nj.gov)
If your claim for unemployment has been denied, you have the right to appeal. (nolo.com)

Structural unemployment focuses on foundational problems in the economy and inefficiencies inherent in labor markets, including a mismatch between the supply and demand of laborers with necessary skill sets. (wikipedia.org)
Low Unemployment Won't Save This Economy The labor market is still running hot, even after the Federal Reserve has been trying its hardest to slow things down. (nymag.com)
Unemployment Falls to Lowest Level Since 2000 - But Wage Growth Remains Tepid The new jobs report depicts a resolutely good economy - but still not a great one. (nymag.com)
The Economy Added 228,000 Jobs in November As Unemployment Held Steady It's another sign of a robust, growing economy. (nymag.com)

Though there have been several definitions of "voluntary" and "involuntary unemployment" in the economics literature, a simple distinction is often applied. (wikipedia.org)

Unemployment began to fall, but at the cost of the living standards of poor people - especially those in Spain, Greece, and Ireland - generating unstable political conditions. (bath.ac.uk)

However, the existence of structural unemployment may reflect choices made by the unemployed in the past, and classical (natural) unemployment may result from the legislative and economic choices made by labour unions or political parties. (wikipedia.org)

Answers to common questions on collecting unemployment compensation. (nolo.com)

We estimate a classic Becker type model in which unemployment is a measure of how potential criminals fare in the legitimate job market. (repec.org)

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