Stymied in seeking benefits, millions of unemployed go uncounted

While state agencies struggle with new federal guidelines and the enormous backlog of unemployment claims, many people are without benefits and left out of jobless data.

While state agencies struggle with new federal guidelines and the enormous backlog of unemployment claims, many people are without benefits and left out of jobless data.

In this story published April 30, 2020, in The New York Times:

Alexander Bick of Arizona State University and Adam Blandin of Virginia Commonwealth University found that 4% of those working in February had lost their jobs or suffered a reduction in earnings. By April 18, they found up to eight million workers were unemployed but not reflected in the weekly claims data.