Luis Arcadio De Jesus R.'s List: America's Jobless

About half of the fall in the jobless rate during the last four months was caused by Americans who gave up looking for work and left the labor force -- a development that he said isn’t something to welcome. “It’s people getting so discouraged that they’re dropping out,” said Leamer, who is also director of UCLA Anderson Forecast.

To collect those benefits, the jobless must show that they are searching for work,