Challenges in Today's Unemployment Insurance System

Katherine Townsend
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No 2021-02, Workforce Currents from Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Abstract: After a year of crippling economic impacts due to the coronavirus pandemic, at least 16 million workers remain unemployed. The national unemployment rate for February 2021 was 6.2 percent; in February 2020, it stood at 3.5 percent.* Many unemployed workers have struggled to make ends meet over the past year. Since March 2020, the unemployment insurance system was changed to help workers make ends meet during the pandemic. These measures created challenges for state unemployment insurance administrators and have often fallen short of the program's goals.

Pages: 4
Date: 2021-04-07
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DOI: 10.29338/wc2021-02

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