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Abstract
The "Unemployment Compensation
Amendments of 1976" are expected to
provide income protection for about two-fifths
of all hired agricultural workers. The
program became effective in January 1978.
Of these insured workers, three-tenths are
expected to receive benefits, expected to
average about 14 percent of average annual earnings if 1970 employment relationships
hold. Nearly one-fourth of unemployed farm workers who receive benefits will
likely exhaust their entitlements before finding new jobs. Large interstate variations are expected around these averages as a result of differing State qualifying regulations, benefit schedules, and personal work histories.