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Receipt of Unemployment Insurance by Higher-Income Unemployed Workers (“Millionaires”)

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CRS_Receipt_of_Unemployment_Insurance.pdf (271.96 KB)
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https://hdl.handle.net/1813/79429
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Federal Publications
Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue Briefs
Author
Hirasuna, Donald
Abstract

[Excerpt] To inform the policy debate, this report provides information relevant to proposals that would restrict the payment of unemployment benefits to individuals with high incomes. Three primary areas that may be of interest to lawmakers are addressed: (1) the current U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) opinion on means-testing UI benefits; (2) the potential number of people who would be affected by such proposals; and (3) policy considerations such as the potential savings associated with such proposals, particularly in terms of federal expenditures. The latter two issues are discussed because a small percentage (approximately 0.02%) of tax filers receiving unemployment benefit income had AGI of $1 million or more in tax year 2009 based on Internal Revenue Service (IRS) data.

Date Issued
2012-08-02
Keywords
unemployment insurance
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benefits
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income
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policy
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Congress
Related Version
A more recent version of this report can be found here: https://hdl.handle.net/1813/79428
Related To
https://hdl.handle.net/1813/79428
Type
government record

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