Barriers to Benefits: Unemployment Insurance Take-Up and Labor Market Effects (opens in new tab)

Authors: Casey McQuillan, Princeton UniversityBrendan Moore, Stanford University Abstract: Unemployment insurance (UI) take-up is relatively low in the United States. We implement a large-scale field experiment among 50,000 likely unemployed individuals to study the causes and labor supply implications of incomplete UI take-up. Informational letters increased applications and receipt, with effects concentrated among low-wage workers. […] The post Barriers to Benefits: Unemployment Insurance T...