Unemployment Insurance is the main U.S. government program that helps workers who lose a job through no fault of their own. By paying eligible workers a portion of their normal wage while they look for work, Unemployment Insurance mitigates the hardship faced by individual unemployed workers and simultaneously stabilizes the macroeconomy. Equitable Growth works to stimulate and disseminate research on the role Unemployment Insurance plays in the lives of workers and the economy as a whole.
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New research shows that differences in state Unemployment Insurance rules cause inequity and inefficiency
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Early lessons learned from the U.S. Small Business Administration’s first round of lending from its Paycheck Protection Program
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An SEIR Infectious Disease Model with Testing and Conditional Quarantine
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