Critical Value #53 How Can We Address Historic Unemployment Rates?
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Since March 21, more than 30 million people have sought unemployment benefits—nearly one of every five workers. And the April jobs report coming out tomorrow will likely tell an even more distressing story of how the response to the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting unemployment rates, job losses, and earnings. So what should we do? Host Justin Milner asks researchers Greg Acs, Jesse Jannetta, Heather Hahn, and Shena Ashley for their best ideas on to get Americans into jobs.

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Research and Evidence Work, Education, and Labor Upward Mobility
Expertise Upward Mobility and Inequality Labor Markets
Tags COVID-19 Unemployment and unemployment insurance