US unemployment insurance replacement rates during the pandemic. [PDF]
J Public Econ, 2020 We use micro data on earnings together with the details of each state's unemployment insurance (UI) system to compute the distribution of UI benefits after the uniform $600 Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) supplement implemented by the ...
Ganong P, Noel P, Vavra J.
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Unemployment Insurance, Health-Related Social Needs, Health Care Access, and Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic. [PDF]
JAMA Intern Med, 2021 spending for all patients with ESKD in the individual market and Medicare, who might not represent patients who are targeted by the steering efforts of facilities. Additionally, our individual market data might not represent the entire market.
Berkowitz SA, Basu S.
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JAMA Netw Open, 2021 Key Points Question Was the receipt of unemployment insurance and a $600/wk federal supplement to unemployment insurance associated with reduced food insecurity among people in low- and middle-income households who lost work during the coronavirus ...
Raifman J, Bor J, Venkataramani A.
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Nowcasting unemployment insurance claims in the time of COVID-19. [PDF]
Int J Forecast, 2022 Near-term forecasts, also called nowcasts, are most challenging but also most important when the economy experiences an abrupt change. In this paper, we explore the performance of models with different information sets and data structures in order to ...
Larson WD, Sinclair TM.
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Unemployment insurance program accessibility and suicide rates in the United States. [PDF]
Prev Med, 2020 Unemployment is a risk factor for suicide. Unemployment insurance is the primary policy tool in the United States for alleviating the burden of unemployment on individuals.
Kaufman JA, Livingston MD, Komro KA.
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U.S. Unemployment insurance through the Covid-19 crisis [PDF]
Journal of Government and Economics, 2023 The Unemployment Insurance (UI) system in the United States has played a decisive lifeline role in effectively mitigating the economic and social impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, which prompted the largest expansion of UI programs in history, one that is
Francesco Spadafora
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Unemployment insurance and food insecurity among people who lost employment in the wake of COVID-19
medRxiv, 2020 Forty million U.S. residents lost their jobs in the first two months of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. In response, the Federal Government expanded unemployment insurance benefits in both size ($600 supplement) and scope (to include ...
Raifman J, Bor J, Venkataramani A.
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Unemployment Insurance and Unemployment Spells [PDF]
Econometrica, 1990 This paper tests the effects of the level and length of unemployment insurance (UI) benefits on unemployment durations. The paper particularly studies individual behavior during the weeks just prior to when benefits lapse. Higher UI benefits are found to have a strong negative effect on the probability of leaving unemployment.
Bruce D. Meyer
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The impact of an unemployment insurance reform on incidence rates of hospitalisation due to alcohol-related disorders: a quasi-experimental study of heterogeneous effects across ethnic background, educational level, employment status, and sex in Sweden [PDF]
BMC Public Health, 2022 Background Many Western countries have scaled back social and health expenditure, including decreases in the generosity and coverage of unemployment insurance, resulting in negative effects on general health and well-being at the aggregate level.
Ylva B. Almquist, Alexander Miething
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Measuring Unemployment Insurance Generosity [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2008 Unemployment insurance policies are multidimensional objects. They are typically defined by waiting periods, eligibility duration, benefit levels and asset tests when eligible, which make intertemporal or international comparisons difficult.
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