Toohey, Desmond2022-09-072022-09-072021-09-07Toohey, D. (2021). The effects of unemployment insurance in late career: Evidence from Social Security offsets. Southern Economic Journal, 88( 2), 628– 648. https://doi.org/10.1002/soej.125292325-8012https://udspace.udel.edu/handle/19716/31295This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Toohey, D. (2021). The effects of unemployment insurance in late career: Evidence from Social Security offsets. Southern Economic Journal, 88( 2), 628– 648. https://doi.org/10.1002/soej.12529, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/soej.12529. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. This article may not be enhanced, enriched or otherwise transformed into a derivative work, without express permission from Wiley or by statutory rights under applicable legislation. Copyright notices must not be removed, obscured or modified. The article must be linked to Wiley’s version of record on Wiley Online Library and any embedding, framing or otherwise making available the article or pages thereof by third parties from platforms, services and websites other than Wiley Online Library must be prohibited. This article will be embargoed until 09/07/2023.This paper studies the effects of unemployment insurance (UI) benefits for retirement-age workers. It shows that UI benefits can raise reported search effort and labor force participation for this population. Estimated effects on subsequent employment are positive but small and statistically indistinguishable from zero. The results are contrasted with estimates showing negative effects of UI on reemployment for younger workers. The identifying variation is generated by the elimination of Social Security offsets: state-level policies that reduce unemployment benefits for Social Security beneficiaries. The findings are consistent with a simple model of UI claiming with participation and work search requirements.en-USjob searchretirementunemployment insuranceno povertyArticle