Expanding UI eligibility doubled flows of UI during and after COVID-19 recession: Dollar amount Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program and all other UI programs contributed to personal incomes per percentage point of unemployment, March 2020–April 2021
| All other UI contributions | PUA contributions | |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-03-01 | $16.9 | $0.0 |
| 2020-04-01 | $30.4 | $2.9 |
| 2020-05-01 | $68.1 | $33.8 |
| 2020-06-01 | $65.7 | $60.9 |
| 2020-07-01 | $65.5 | $64.9 |
| 2020-08-01 | $36.8 | $38.9 |
| 2020-09-01 | $27.9 | $18.1 |
| 2020-10-01 | $26.7 | $17.4 |
| 2020-11-01 | $25.2 | $16.7 |
| 2020-12-01 | $27.0 | $18.4 |
| 2021-01-01 | $45.2 | $43.1 |
| 2021-02-01 | $44.4 | $41.9 |
| 2021-03-01 | $46.0 | $44.2 |
| 2021-04-01 | $39.9 | $41.3 |
Note: We divided the personal income from PUA and non-PUA programs by the monthly unemployment rate from March 2020 to April 2021. We also included in each measure the impact of the PUC program (benefit generosity/extra $600) as all UI recipients (PUA and non-PUA) would have received this benefit.
Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis personal income data (BEA 2021a) and monthly unemployment rate from the Bureau of Labor statistics (BLS 2021a).