Unemployment Insurance Eligibility, Replacement and Takeup Rates across the U.S.

Unemployment insurance (UI) is the key source of government transfers for the newly unemployed. Weekly UI benefit payments may be laid-off workers’ only source of income while they search for a new job. Though many social assistance programs, like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or Social Security, are primarily implemented by the federal government, UI programs are run by individual states.
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