Unemployment insurance at a crossroads: Tracing program design during and beyond COVID-19 (Amy Simon, AEI)

October 20, 2021

The COVID-19-related emergency policy interventions in the unemployment insurance (UI) system¹ unfolded quickly and will have long-lasting ramifications. While the Great Recession produced modest policy changes, the 2020 relief bills, follow-on state implementation efforts, and record-breaking increases in claims have shifted the paradigm. This creates a unique opportunity to examine long-running structural questions in UI program design and how targeted improvements now could help restructure and reform the system. This report recaps the history of the first eighteen months of these changes, highlights the intersection of technology and program implementation, and suggests both intermediate and long-term considerations for policymakers and stakeholders.

Unemployment insurance at a crossroads: Tracing program design during and beyond COVID-19 | American Enterprise Institute – AEI

Marco Emanuele

Marco Emanuele è appassionato di cultura della complessità, cultura della tecnologia e relazioni internazionali. Approfondisce il pensiero di Hannah Arendt, Edgar Morin, Raimon Panikkar. Marco ha insegnato Evoluzione della Democrazia e Totalitarismi, è l’editor di The Global Eye e scrive per The Science of Where Magazine. Marco Emanuele is passionate about complexity culture, technology culture and international relations. He delves into the thought of Hannah Arendt, Edgar Morin, Raimon Panikkar. He has taught Evolution of Democracy and Totalitarianisms. Marco is editor of The Global Eye and writes for The Science of Where Magazine.

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