Unemployment insurance is an important support for jobless Americans, although how best to structure benefits is the subject of ongoing debate.
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Unemployment Insurance Exhaustees Study
This study examines workers who collected unemployment insurance during and just after the Great Recession, when benefits entitlements increased from 26 to 99 weeks. It describes characteristics and experiences of workers who exhausted available benefits and how they fared after exhaustion.
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