Changes in State Unemployment Insurance Rules during the COVID-19 Outbreak in the U.S

Zoe Xie

MPRA Paper from University Library of Munich, Germany

Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic led to an unprecedented expansion in unemployment insurance (UI) eligibility across states. While more than forty states had modified UI rules by the end of March, not all states responded in the same way. In this article, I summarize the changes to state UI rules in response to the crisis and explore factors that have contributed to the variation in states’ responses.

Keywords: COVID-19; Unemployment insurance; Fiscal policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H72 J65 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020-04
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Published in Atlanta Fed Policy Hub 02-2020 (2020): pp. 1-11

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