Should We Have Automatic Triggers for Unemployment Benefit Duration and How Costly Would They Be?

<jats:p> We model automatic trigger policies for unemployment insurance by simulating a weekly panel of individual labor market histories, grouped by state. We reach three conclusions: (i) policies designed to trigger immediately at the onset of a recession result in benefit extensions that oc...

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Main Authors: Chodorow-Reich, Gabriel (Author), Ganong, Peter (Author), Gruber, Jonathan (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Economic Association, 2022-08-29T15:47:21Z.
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