Forsythe, Eliza
Unemployment insurance recipiency during the Covid-19 pandemic / Eliza Forsythe
Resumen.
Bibliografía.
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.
DESEMPLEO
SEGURO DE DESEMPLEO
PANDEMIAS
CORONAVIRUS
CRISIS ECONOMICAS
ESTADOS UNIDOS
National Tax Journal 0028-0283 v. 76, n. 2, June 2023, p. 367-391
Unemployment insurance recipiency during the Covid-19 pandemic / Eliza Forsythe
Resumen.
Bibliografía.
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.
DESEMPLEO
SEGURO DE DESEMPLEO
PANDEMIAS
CORONAVIRUS
CRISIS ECONOMICAS
ESTADOS UNIDOS
National Tax Journal 0028-0283 v. 76, n. 2, June 2023, p. 367-391