while underreporting and misclassification may bias both the absolute level and the distribution of benefit recipiency the impact on the distribution of benefits is likely to be smaller this is akin to calculating the likelihood of benefit receipt for subgroups of unemployed persons with particular demographic and labour market characteristics relative to the average for the purposes of this section the distribution of benefit recipiency is shown according to gender age and migrant status as well as according to the work experience and work status before becoming unemployed and the length of time unemployed