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DescriptionThe purpose of this study is to evaluate current and alternative methods of determining exhaustion ratios under the regular unemployment insurance (UI) program and to try to develop methods for determining these ratios for the extended and emergency benefit programs. … Carolyn Sperber … Carolyn Sperber … U.S. Department of …
DescriptionThis is the third in a series of reports based on the Arizona Benefit Adequacy Study. The first two reports focused on measurement of the differing degrees of benefit adequacy achieved under the prevailing and certain hypothetical benefit formulas, and on the types of magnitudes of adjustments undertaken by the insured unemployed during their compensated spells of unemployment. In this report the …
DescriptionThis study was conducted over an extreme recessionary period for Arizona?s economy. The high unemployment rate caused a severe drain on the state?s UI trust fund. In the Tuscon SMSA nearly $26 million (in 1975 dollars) in regular states UI benefits were paid out during the period 1975-76, while only a little over $11 million was collected in UI tax contributions from local employers during this …
DescriptionIn this report, the impact on benefit claimants of the disqualification provisions of five states: Arizona, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, and New York, was examined. The authors used random samples of UI claimants who were never disqualified during a given spell of unemployment (the disqualified) to determine: (1) other demographic and economic characteristics, (2) the effects of disqualification …
DescriptionThis publication highlights some of the techniques for evaluating benefit adequacy with household data. Selection of the adequacy standard to be tested is, of course, a critical factor. A variety of standards should be developed and tested. Also, various means of evaluating the results of these tests require development. It should be clear, however, that household data can provide a valuable …
DescriptionThis report presents a statistical model of the effects of state laws and economic factors on exhaustion rates for regular Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefits. The model was estimated from quarterly pooled time-series, cross-sectional data for all states over the period 1965 to 1974. Results for the model were used to analyze various UI policy issues and to construct a simulation model that …
DescriptionThis is the second in a series of reports based on the Arizona Benefit Adequacy (ABA) Study. Whereas the first report focused on measurement of the differing degrees of benefit adequacy achieved under the differing degrees of benefit adequacy achieved under the prevailing and certain hypothetical benefit formulas. The present report emphasizes the types and magnitudes of adjustments undertaken by …
DescriptionDuring the past 20 years it has been found that the duration of benefits is not adequate during periods of ?high? unemployment and in many small areas during periods of ?normal? unemployment. In response to this problem, the Federal-State Extended Benefits (EB) Program was enacted. This program permits eligible individuals to receive benefits equal to one-half of their entitlement under the …
DescriptionThis is the first of several reports on the Arizona Unemployment Insurance Benefit Adequacy Study. Initiated in July 1975, the investigation constitutes the most comprehensive examination yet undertaken of the adequacy of the UI weekly benefit amount. The entire study, including an analysis of the post exhaustion experiences of those in the study group who exhausted their UI benefits, is …
DescriptionThe objectives of this report are to: provide a background to the enactment of PL 95-19; summarize the major aspects of PL 95-19 and to relate it to the Emergency Compensation Act of 1974, which established the FSB program; describe the national experience under the FSB program; describe the characteristics of FSB recipients; and evaluate the impact of PL 95-19 on various aspects of the FSB …
