for instance because of difficulties in meeting relevant employment or contribution conditions the number of young people without a job can influence coverage rates interestingly however the middle and lower panels of figure suggest that coverage has generally moved in the same direction for those with and without prior work experience other relevant factors include the dynamics into and out of unemployment for instance high inflow rates into unemployment at the beginning of a recession can increase the share of benefit recipients among the stock of unemployed as recent job losers are more likely to qualify for benefits