Discussion Paper
Challenges in Today's Unemployment Insurance System
Abstract: After a year of crippling economic impacts due to the coronavirus pandemic, at least 16 million workers remain unemployed. The national unemployment rate for February 2021 was 6.2 percent; in February 2020, it stood at 3.5 percent.* Many unemployed workers have struggled to make ends meet over the past year. Since March 2020, the unemployment insurance system was changed to help workers make ends meet during the pandemic. These measures created challenges for state unemployment insurance administrators and have often fallen short of the program's goals.
https://doi.org/10.29338/wc2021-02
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Provider: Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Part of Series: Workforce Currents
Publication Date: 2021-04-07
Number: 2021-02