Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/298385 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Citation: 
[Journal:] IZA Journal of Labor Economics [ISSN:] 2193-8997 [Volume:] 9 [Issue:] 4 [Year:] 2020 [Pages:] 1-26
Publisher: 
Sciendo, Warsaw
Abstract: 
I use longitudinal data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) to measure the extent to which an unemployment spell increases the likelihood that a worker receives a cash transfer from family. I examine the prevalence of cash transfers from family, the demographic distribution of unemployed receivers, and the variation between family supported and not family supported spells. I further investigate how this informal, private assistance relates to public transfers from Unemployment Insurance using state-by-year variation in the UI program. I find that unemployment increases the probability a worker receives financial assistance from their family, inclusive of all demographic subgroups, that family cash transfer receipt is growing over time, and is weakly related to UI availability.
Subjects: 
Unemployment
unemployment insurance
transfers
racial inequality
JEL: 
J65
D64
J15
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Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Article

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