Better safety nets would get people back into work quicker by reducing the amount of time they waste on figuring out how they're going to eat this week or how they're supposed to afford the bus fare for 4 interviews this week.
Any very small reduction in time you can achieve for people out of work has a cumulative effect when scaled up to the full population. A day or two reduction for one person is millions of days across the population.
Better safety nets would get people back into work quicker by reducing the amount of time they waste on figuring out how they're going to eat this week or how they're supposed to afford the bus fare for 4 interviews this week.
Any very small reduction in time you can achieve for people out of work has a cumulative effect when scaled up to the full population. A day or two reduction for one person is millions of days across the population.