Title
Chapter on Unemployment Insurance for Oxford Handbook of U.S. Social Policy
Project Dates
02/01/2011 - 04/30/2013
Description
The author drafted a chapter for the Oxford Handbook of U.S. Social Policy outlining origins and development of Unemployment Insurance (UI) in the United States, describing the program (financing, eligibility criteria and beneficiaries, benefit levels, size, responsibilities of state and federal government, impact on recipients), examining forces that have shaped the program, and identifying problems and challenges facing the UI system.
Sponsorship
W.E. Upjohn Institute
Subject Area
UNEMPLOYMENT, DISABILITY, and INCOME SUPPORT PROGRAMS; Unemployment insurance
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Publications
Unemployment Insurance. In The Oxford Handbook of U.S. Social Policy Edited by Daniel Beland, Christopher Howard, and Kimberly J. Morgan, (2014). 9780199838509