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Title: Unemployment Insurance Recipiency During the Covid-19 Pandemic

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2023

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ISSN: 0028-0283

DOI: 10.1086/724589

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Abstract: I estimate the share of eligible individuals who received unemployment insurance (UI) benefits during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. I use individual data on reported recipiency from the Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS-ASEC) survey to validate a UI eligibility algorithm that I then apply to the monthly CPS data. Combined with administrative data on actual payments and adjustments for fraud, I estimate that 88 percent of eligible individuals received UI benefits. When I calculate recipiency by program, I find 98 percent of individuals who were eligible for standard UI received benefits, whereas only 76 percent of individuals who were eligible for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance received benefits.

Url: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/724589

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Authors: Forsythe, Eliza

Periodical (Full): National Tax Journal

Issue: 2

Volume: 76

Pages: 367-391

Data Collections: IPUMS USA, IPUMS CPS

Topics: Health, Labor Force and Occupational Structure

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