The U.S. economy is in the midst of the longest period of high joblessness since the Great Depression of the 1930s. The high rate of unemployment has prompted an ongoing debate about the need for public policies that stimulate job creation and more directly assist the unemployed. Nearly three-quarters of unemployed Pennsylvanians are white non-Hispanic. One out of every seven Pennsylvania unemployed workers has at least a four-year college degree. The longest-term unemployed group for which demographic data exist are individuals who have exhausted their eligibility for extended federal unemployment benefits and have been unemployed for more than 99 weeks. Those unemployed for more than 99 weeks are more likely to be 50 and older and female...(and I thought it was just me).
Source: PA WORKFORCE development Career Link.
