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This brief, part of the Urban Institute's Recession and Recover series, examines how the Unemployment Insurance program responds during a recession and how that response may differ in the current recession from its response in the past.

New filings for unemployment insurance claims dropped 94000 to a seasonally adjusted 492000 for the week ending Dec. 27 — down from a 26-year high of 586000 recorded the week ending Dec. 20 — according to the latest weekly claims report ...

Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report: Decrease of 94000 to 492000. Published on Dec 31, 2008 - 7:57:53 AM. Email this article Printer friendly page. By: U.S. Department of Labor. Dec. 31, 2008 - In the week ending Dec. ...

Unemployment insurance: Not everyone qualifies for it. Wisconsin State Journal. On Tuesday, when the General Motors plant in Janesville shut down its main line, some 1200 autoworkers and many other workers at surrounding suppliers ...

However, the viability of insurance systems can be undone by asymmetric information, adverse selection and moral hazard. In the case of unemployment insurance, the insurer cannot reliably observe the search effort and in particular ...

The trust fund that pays unemployment insurance in the state is solid, he said. South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford agreed last week to request a $146 million federal loan that will allow South Carolina residents to continue receiving ...

Unemployment Insurance can be taken either specifically to protect your loan or mortgage, or more generally to protect a percentage of your normal income (Usually between 50% and 65%). It is always advisable to take professional advice ...

While one of the requirements for receiving unemployment insurance is to be actively looking for work, there is no requirement that one must accept "inferior" employment, according to Judy Conti, federal advocacy coordinator with the ...