David Stevens

Christopher J. O'Leary

Stephen A. Wandner

Michael Wiseman

The contributors in this book use administrative data from six states from before, during, and after the Great Recession to gauge the degree to which Supplemental Nutrition Assistance (SNAP) and Unemployment Insurance (UI) interacted. They also recommend ways that the program policies could be altered to better serve those suffering hardship as a result of future economic downturns.

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance and Unemployment Insurance

Strengths of the Social Safety Net in the Great Recession

David E. Balducchi

Suzanne Simonetta

Wayne Vroman

The Unemployment Insurance (UI) system is a lasting piece of the Social Security Act which was enacted in 1935. But like most things that are over 80 years old, it occasionally needs maintenance to keep it operating smoothly while keeping up with the changing demands placed upon it. However, the UI system has been ignored by policymakers for decades and, say the authors, it is broken, out of date, and badly in need of repair. Stephen A. Wandner pulls together a group of UI researchers, each with decades of experience, who describe the weaknesses in the current system and propose policy reforms that they say would modernize the system and prepare us for the next recession.

Fixing a Broken System

Unemployment Insurance Reform

Christopher J. O'Leary

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