Scraping by: Income and Program Participation After the Loss of Extended Unemployment Benefits

Autor:	Robert G. Valletta, Jesse Rothstein
Rok vydání:	2017
Předmět:	Labour economics Public Administration Sociology and Political Science media_common.quotation_subject Safety net 05 social sciences Adjusted gross income General Business Management and Accounting Income in kind Recession 0502 economics and business Unemployment Economics Household income 050207 economics Survey of Income and Program Participation Passive income 050205 econometrics media_common
Zdroj:	Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. 36:880-908
ISSN:	0276-8739
DOI:	10.1002/pam.22018
Popis:	Many Unemployment Insurance (UI) recipients do not find new jobs before exhausting their benefits, even when benefits are extended during recessions. Using Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) panel data covering the 2001 and 2007 to 2009 recessions and their aftermaths, we identify individuals whose jobless spells outlasted their UI benefits (exhaustees) and examine household income, program participation, and health-related outcomes during the six months following UI exhaustion. For the average exhaustee, the loss of UI benefits is only slightly offset by increased participation in other safety net programs (e.g., food stamps), and family poverty rates rise substantially. Self-reported disability also rises following UI exhaustion. These patterns do not vary dramatically across household demographic groups, broad income level prior to job loss, or the two business cycles. The results highlight the unique, important role of UI in the U.S. social safety net.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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