Why does Illinois' Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund have a large deficit?

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Title: Why does Illinois' Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund have a large deficit?
Author(s): Merriman, David; Xiaoyan Hu, Alea Wilbur-Mujtaba
Issue Date: 2022-08-18
Keyword(s): unemployment, fund, state, Illinois, balance, federal, insurance, wage
Abstract: The economic disruption brought about by Covid and stay-at-home orders led to an unprecedented rise in unemployment and extreme fiscal stress on states’ unemployment insurance (UI) trust funds. Although this happened in nearly all U.S. states, Illinois is one of only a few states that emerged with a very large—more than $4 billion—net deficit in the fund. Through this analysis, we seek to understand Illinois’ experience and draw lessons about policy going forward. We begin by providing some background about the UI system and its financing.
Type of Resource: text
Genre of Resource: article
Language: en
Handle URL: https://hdl.handle.net/2142/114414
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