COVID-19 is causing mass layoffs and related economic hardship, as well as budget crises for state and local governments. This article is part of Project SAFE (State Action in Fiscal Emergencies), an academic effort to help states weather the fiscal crisis by providing policy recommendations backed by research. This article will focus on how state governments should reform unemployment insurance (UI) eligibility and benefits and the taxes funding these programs
Almost two-thirds of the states, and all the New England states except New Hampshire, have exhausted...
This paper looks at the problem of state budget shortfalls during the recession and calculates the n...
We present a graphic case for unemployment insurance (UI) program reform. Through a series of illust...
During the 2020–2021 pandemic, the federal-state unemployment insurance (UI) system in the United St...
States are facing a severe budget crisis as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. And with the feder...
States are facing a severe budget crisis as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. And with the feder...
Following the Great Recession, most states’ unemployment insurance (UI) trust funds became insolvent...
Regular state unemployment insurance (UI) benefits are paid from state reserves held in unemployment...
Unemployment insurance (UI) is a joint federal-state program that pays temporary partial earnings re...
The dire revenue situation that COVID-19 has created for state and local governments is a well docum...
Regular unemployment insurance (UI) benefits are paid from reserves held in state accounts at the U....
Throughout most of 2020, state and local governments faced severe budget crises as a result of the C...
The coronavirus pandemic is a national emergency that requires a national response. Asking states to...
The COVID-19 pandemic led to an unprecedented expansion in unemployment insurance (UI) eligibility a...
As commentators and Congress have recognized, the U.S. system of financing its unemployment insuranc...
Almost two-thirds of the states, and all the New England states except New Hampshire, have exhausted...
This paper looks at the problem of state budget shortfalls during the recession and calculates the n...
We present a graphic case for unemployment insurance (UI) program reform. Through a series of illust...
During the 2020–2021 pandemic, the federal-state unemployment insurance (UI) system in the United St...
States are facing a severe budget crisis as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. And with the feder...
States are facing a severe budget crisis as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. And with the feder...
Following the Great Recession, most states’ unemployment insurance (UI) trust funds became insolvent...
Regular state unemployment insurance (UI) benefits are paid from state reserves held in unemployment...
Unemployment insurance (UI) is a joint federal-state program that pays temporary partial earnings re...
The dire revenue situation that COVID-19 has created for state and local governments is a well docum...
Regular unemployment insurance (UI) benefits are paid from reserves held in state accounts at the U....
Throughout most of 2020, state and local governments faced severe budget crises as a result of the C...
The coronavirus pandemic is a national emergency that requires a national response. Asking states to...
The COVID-19 pandemic led to an unprecedented expansion in unemployment insurance (UI) eligibility a...
As commentators and Congress have recognized, the U.S. system of financing its unemployment insuranc...
Almost two-thirds of the states, and all the New England states except New Hampshire, have exhausted...
This paper looks at the problem of state budget shortfalls during the recession and calculates the n...
We present a graphic case for unemployment insurance (UI) program reform. Through a series of illust...