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Summary of Literature Review: Challenges and Strategies Used to Operate Unemployment Insurance Programs During the Great Recession
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Summary of Literature Review: Challenges and Strategies Used to Operate Unemployment Insurance Programs During the Great Recession

Published: Jul 30, 2018
Publisher: Oakland, CA: Mathematica Policy Research
Human Services Employment Economic Development, Job Creation, and Entrepreneurship Training and Re-employment Advanced Analytics Data Management

Authors

Joanne Lee

Karen Needels

Operational demands on states’ unemployment insurance (UI) systems dramatically increased during and after the Great Recession. Most immediately, a wave of unemployed workers became eligible for UI benefits during the Great Recession, and states’ UI systems served an unprecedented influx of claimants. The unemployment rate increased from 4.7 percent in November 2007 to 9.5 percent in June 2009, the official end of the Great Recession. This report summarizes key challenges and strategies of states operating UI programs during the Great Recession and its aftermath.

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