Researchers from University of Illinois Provide Details of New Studies and Findings in the Area of COVID-19 (Unemployment Insurance Recipiency During the Covid-19 Pandemic): Coronavirus – COVID-19

2023 JUN 22 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at NewsRx Policy and Law Daily -- Investigators publish new report on Coronavirus - COVID-19. According to news reporting originating from Champaign, Illinois, by NewsRx editors, the research stated, “I estimate the share of eligible individuals who received unemployment insurance (UI) benefits during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.”

Our news editors obtained a quote from the research from the University of Illinois, “I use individual data on reported recipiency from the Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS-ASEC) survey to validate a UI eligibility algorithm that I then apply to the monthly CPS data. Combined with administrative data on actual payments and adjustments for fraud, I estimate that 88 percent of eligible individuals received UI benefits.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “When I calculate recipiency by program, I find 98 percent of individuals who were eligible for standard UI received benefits, whereas only 76 percent of individuals who were eligible for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance received benefits.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Unemployment Insurance Recipiency During the Covid-19 Pandemic. National Tax Journal, 2023. National Tax Journal can be contacted at: Univ Chicago Press, 1427 E 60TH St, Chicago, IL 60637-2954, USA.

The news editors report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Eliza Forsythe, University of Illinois, Lab & Employment Relat Sch, Champaign, IL 61820, United States.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1086/724589. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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