An analysis of unemployment insurance claims in California during the COVID-19 pandemic
BibTeX
@article{bell2020analysis,
title={An analysis of unemployment insurance claims in California during the COVID-19 pandemic},
author={Bell, Alex and Hedin, Thomas J and Schnorr, Geoffrey and Von Wachter, Till},
journal={California Policy Lab policy brief.},
year={2020}
}
Summary
Since the start of the COVID-19 crisis in March 2020, 49% of the California workforce has filed for unemployment insurance (UI) benefits — a labor market crisis unprecedented in the state’s history. This series of policy briefs uses close to real-time information on daily initial UI claims in California from the state’s Employment Development Department to better understand the magnitude of COVID-19’s labor market impacts and how different types of workers are experiencing these impacts. This research is based on a partnership between the Labor Market Information Division of the California Employment Development Department and the California Policy Lab, a research center at the University of California, with sites at the UCLA and Berkeley campuses.
Notes and Excerpts
This report has some graphs of partial unemployment recipients as a percent of total beneficiaries. Doesn’t seem to spike up during FPUC. Appendix also has a breakdown by industry. PUI much higher utilization for restaurants. Could say something about some industries having more flexibility.