Approximately 10 percent of Unemployment Insurance (UI) claimants in the United States are denied benefits after being … separation reason would be deemed UIeligible by some examiners but UI-ineligible by others. Approving a marginally at …-fault claimant increases UI benefits paid by over $3,000 and lengthens the nonemployment spell by just under two weeks, but it does …

Approximately 10 percent of Unemployment Insurance (UI) claimants in the United States are denied benefits after being … separation reason would be deemed UIeligible by some examiners but UI-ineligible by others. Approving a marginally at …-fault claimant increases UI benefits paid by over $3,000 and lengthens the nonemployment spell by just under two weeks, but it does …

In the US, workers must satisfy two requirements to receive unemployment insurance (UI): a tenure requirement of a … minimum work spell and a monetary requirement of a past minimum earnings. Using discontinuity of UI rules at state borders, we … paying jobs are not covered by UI. Since it mitigates moral hazard, the optimal UI design has a high monetary requirement. …