Recent efforts to expand unemployment insurance (UI) eligibility are expected to increase low-earning workers' access …

week in unemployment insurance (UI) benefit payments from late March through July 2020. This unprecedented increase in UI …

We investigate the effect of job loss and unemployment benefits on criminal behavior, exploiting individual-level data on … are less subject to differential reporting by employment status. We then evaluate the mitigating effect of unemployment … benefits leveraging on discontinuous changes in eligibility. Regression discontinuity estimates suggest that unemployment …

We investigate the effect of job loss and unemployment benefits on criminal behavior, exploiting individual-level data … effect of unemployment benefits leveraging on discontinuous changes in eligibility. Regression discontinuity estimates … suggest that unemployment benefits covering 3 to 5 months after displacement completely offset potential crime increases upon …

We present experimental evidence on the effects of four U.S. reemployment programs for youth Unemployment Insurance (UI …

(market-level effect) to changes in the duration of unemployment insurance (UI) benefits. To implement this approach, we …