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In this situation, the government has increased unemployment benefits. This means that workers are less interested in finding another job right away. Therefore, it is not the demand curve that would shift. Instead the labor supply curve would shift to the left because less unemployed people are willing to get a job.

This principle shows why unemployment is higher in countries that offer more lenient unemployment benefits. For example, more countries in Europe have much more lenient unemployment benefits that the United States. That is why, normally, the United States has a lower unemployment rate.

I say "normally" because of the present situation in the United States, where right now, unemployment is at 9.7%(on 3/7/2010). This is not the usual unemployment in the U.S. and is a result of the recession that began in 2008.

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