ECSENOMICS Welfare Cases and Unemployment 1970-1998 1-142 Figure 19-6 Unemployment te 6 Welfare participation rate 目2 19701974197819821986199019941998 Ye McGraw-Hilllrwin Source: Council of Economic Advisers. The we fare participation rate is theMcGraw-Hill/Irwin Copyright © 2001 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Welfare Cases and Unemployment, 1970-1998 T-142 Figure 19-6 Source: Council of Economic Advisers. The welfare participation rate is the number of welfare recipients divided by the population