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Jobless benefits during lockdown only reached one out of four laid off workers.
Unemployed Without a Net.
Daniel Schneider, Kristen Harknett and Annette Gailliot
Although the share of unemployed workers receiving UI benefits may increase over time, our data suggest that workers experience a sizable period of time without benefits. Even among those who had been unemployed for two months or more, only 25% had received a UI payment.