In response to the Great Recession and sustained labor market downturn, the availability of unemployment insurance (UI … extensions across states to estimate the overall impact of these extensions on unemployment duration, comparing the experience … extensions on unemployment transitions and duration. We rely on individual variation in benefit availability based on the …

In response to the 2007-09 “Great Recession,” the maximum duration of U.S. unemployment benefits was increased from the … microdata from the Current Population Survey. I find that a 10-week extension of UI benefits raises unemployment duration by …

Despite unprecedented extensions of available unemployment insurance (UI) benefits during the "Great Recession" of 2007 …

-related Unemployment Insurance. Reflecting that married couples obtain intra-household insurance by making labor supply choices for both …

induced by unemployment insurance. The model features a detailed specification of the tax and transfer system, including … unemployment insurance benefits which depend on an individual's employment and earnings history. The model also captures the … for unemployment insurance benefits which varied by age and experience. The results show that a policy cut in the …

Unemployment Insurance benefit durations were extended during the Great Recession, reaching 99 weeks for most …-2014, we estimate the effect of extended benefits on unemployment exits separately during the earlier period of benefit …