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Unpacking Inequities in Unemployment Insurance

Unpacking Inequities in Unemployment Insurance
2020
New America
Author(s): 
Monée Fields-White, Vivian Graubard, Alberto Rodríguez, Nikki Zeichner, Cassandra Robertson
Unpacking Inequities in Unemployment Insurance
Source Sector(s)
Non-profit
Benefits Program
UI: Unemployment Insurance
Level of Government
Federal/National
State/Provincial
Location
United States
Format
Report

The New Practice Lab interviewed Black and Latinx workers that lost their job or income due to COVID-19 and their experience navigating UI. They synthesized their findings in this report, discussing how compounding inequities that exist in the unemployment insurance system make it less accessible for workers of color.