"While workers aged 45 and older make up 27 percent of all the nation's unemployed, they represent 37 percent of the long-term jobless," [longer than 26 weeks] according to analysis of 2006-2007 Bureau of Labor Statistics data by researchers at the National Employment Law Project.

Emsellem, M., & Semidey, O. (2008). Federal jobless benefits will stimulate the economy while helping over three million jobless families who will run out of state benefits this year. New York: National Employment Law Project. Retrieved February 18, 2008 from http://www.nelp.org/docUploads/UIExtension.pdf

Researchers at the National Employment Law Project analyzed 2006-2007 data collected by the U.S. Department of Labor concerning long-term unemployment; that is, unemployment beyond the 26 weeks of benefit coverage.

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