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Who is concealing earnings and still collecting unemployment benefits?


Abstract: Concealed earnings represent the largest source of fraud in the U.S. unemployment insurance system. Individuals with relatively low earnings constitute a larger fraction of those committing such fraud. High-earnings individuals, however, account for larger dollar amounts of this fraud.

Keywords: Unemployment insurance; Fraud;

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Provider: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Part of Series: The Regional Economist

Publication Date: 2013

Issue: Apr