Partial benefits could be paid to workers on short hours, rather than limiting payments to those who are fully unemployed. The program would at least partly pay for itself, with additional payments to workers on short hours offset by lower unemployment (and thus lower payments to those who are completely without work).
当然，失业保险仅仅只能补偿大多数工人先前收入的一小部分，也意味着其在这方面的影响并不是那么强。但即便失业保险没有阻碍工作分享，也可以对其进行重新设计以产生激励作用。可以向那些短时间工作的劳动者们支付部分的救济，而不是向那些完全失业者发放限定的款项。这个项目至少可以在一定程度上自给自足，同时对那些遭到更低失业率影响的短时间劳动者发放额外的款项（并因此向那些完全没有工作的人发放更少的钱）。