Short-duration benefits may have been appropriate when recoveries were fast and jobs plentiful, because the fear of losing benefits before finding a job may have given workers an incentive to look harder. But, with few jobs being created, a positive incentive has turned into a source of great anxiety.
在复苏迅速而且职位充足的情况下，短期的补贴是很管用的，因为那种在找到工作前失去补助金的恐惧将促使工人努力去找工作。但在只有少量职位产生的情况下，这种正面激励将摇身一变成为极大的焦虑。即便是那些在职的人也会担心因为失去工作而生活无着。