Documents/CBPP/4: Social Insurance Programs and Pensions/4.2: Unemployment Benefits Programs

4.2: Unemployment Benefits Programs

Analyze the adequacy of unemployment benefits programs in helping low-income workers meet basic needs during temporary spells of unemployment.

Other Information:

Our work on the unemployment insurance system includes analyzing the adequacy of unemployment benefits programs in helping low-income workers meet basic needs during temporary spells of unemployment. We also design improvements to those programs. This work intensifies during economic downturns.

Stakeholder(s):

  • Unemployment Benefits Programs

  • Low-Income Workers

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