There is some logic to what you say, and it wouldn't be the first time a bug turned out to be a feature, but I think "odd jobs" are typically done in the gray m

There is some logic to what you say, and it wouldn't be the first time a bug turned out to be a feature, but I think "odd jobs" are typically done in the gray market anyway, and the income not declared, so I don't think it would keep people who are receiving unemployment from taking odd jobs, for the most part. But it may have had an effect at the margins.