What Was Said, What Is Meant

What was said, research wise regarding Unemployment is predicated on first datasets developed in 1973 -> 1976. This means that the resulting conclusions were based upon a US industrial labor pool. Of course these assumptions were stated in those papers (available from JSTOR) they are not stated in current conversations about UI (unemployment insurance).

“In manufacturing, about 75% of those who are laid off return to their original employers. More generally, among all persons classified as “unemployed job losers,” temporary layoffs account for about 50 percent of all unemployment spells. — 1978 AEA, Feldstein

Incentive is a reason… a money reason. To be understood, mathematically and rigorously, “incentive” is drawn with “information.”

it is called “insurance” for a reason. Suppose your insurance agent just decided to stop paying you because he thought it was making you lazy. Enjoy your house of cardboard.

Oh No!

It can’t be so. Too much good livin, even with a tippy cup in every dressing room. Sarah looks to be pale’in, even pork’n…Unknown.jpegNow that she doesn’t have to fish or cut bait she is spreading beyond her ham wide britches.
The press photographers will have to start using wide angle lenses to get that special moment.

JOLTS

Data from BLS about job openings etc… this is the general source of information about the number of openings vs. the number of searchers. It doesn’t take heavy lifting to use these numbers to know that there are almost 5 times the candidates for each opening. 4th grade arithmetic gets you there. Oh, where are the numbers? Maybe you need a new job or a big hint…. this post’s title line….