@eliselgould and I used Google Surveys to ask how well the UI system is functioning and collected answers from nearly 25,000 respondentspic.twitter.com/VX0ZVc8lW3
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Millions of workers unable to claim unemployment benefits
7.8 - 12.2 million people could have filed for benefits over the last four weeks had the process been easier
https://www.epi.org/blog/unemployment-filing-failures-new-survey-confirms-that-millions-of-jobless-were-unable-to-file-an-unemployment-insurance-claim/ …pic.twitter.com/vFXEbrY3Gg
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The results show that for every 10 people who filed successfully, * 3-4 additional people tried to apply but could not get through the system to make a claim * 2 additional people did not try to apply because it was too difficult to do so
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States desperately need to correct this problem by accepting and paying benefits for every plausible claim, adopting the "pay now, verify later" strategy proposed by
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@googleanalytics to answer questions about the UI system after reading the cool paper by@erikbryn@johnjhorton@ModeledBehavior@danielrock Sharma@ocolluphid that used the same tool to assess prevalence of remote work and commuting during the pandemicShow this thread -
As
@kevinrinz and@DanielBZhao point out, the magnitude of our estimate of "missing" claims is similar to other research using novel surveys to get at the labor force consequences of the pandemichttps://twitter.com/kevinrinz/status/1255124369338175490 …Show this thread
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What I have seen so far independent contractors are getting nowhere with the new program.
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Adding in the 2.0 who didn't even apply, can we say that for every 10 successful initial claims, there are 5.7 claims not (yet) filed?
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Thanks Ben, this is a really great and timely project. Did survey respondents indicate what state they are in? Given the huge regional variations, it would be interesting to know more about state-by-state access to start assessing best practices.
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Hi Ben, thanks for sharing this great report. Is there any chance I could talk to you about your findings for a story?
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