The National Poverty Center
The National Poverty Center (NPC) at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan
The SSRC collaborated with the National Poverty Center to co-host the Making Unemployment Insurance Work Better for Low-Income Working Families Webinar in August 2013. During this Webinar, presenters discussed factors that influence low-income families’ access to unemployment insurance, including monetary eligibility, non-monetary eligibility, differential take-up, and state policies.
Click here to view materials from the Webinar!
Presenters:
Dr. H. Luke Shaefer, Ph.D., Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan School of Social Work
Alix Gould-Werth, Doctoral Candidate in Social Work and Sociology at the University of Michigan
Alexander Hertel-Fernandez, Doctoral Candidate in Government and Social Policy at Harvard University
Claire McKenna, Policy Analyst at the National Employment Law Project
Related Research:
Do Alternative Base Periods Increase Unemployment Insurance Receipt Among Low-Educated Unemployed Workers?
Unemployment Insurance Participation by Education and by Race and Ethnicity, 2012
Unemployment Insurance and Low-Educated, Single, Working Mothers Before and After Welfare Reform, 2011
Identifying Key Barriers to Unemployment Insurance for Disadvantaged Workers in the United States, 2010