evidence: Figure 3 shows the total number of unemployed workers superimposed over weekly continued UI claims for regular UI benefits and Extended Benefits, which automatically extends weeks of eligibility based on a state’s economic conditions, as well as claims for emergency programs: PUA and PEUC. Note that the level of unemployment greatly underestimates the number of people who lost jobs during the pandemic. To be described as officially unemployed, a person must be actively looking for work; however, millions of people effectively have left the labor force since March 2020 but were eligible for the expanded UI benefits. At the time that the emergency programs expired, there was a gap of more than 5.5 million workers who were in the labor market and unemployed, but not receiving UI. We project that gap to close only modestly through the end of this year. [...] Nunn, Ryan. 2020. "How to Bolster UI in Response to COVID-19." Blog. The Hamilton Project, Brookings Institution, Washington, DC. May 7, 2020.