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Issue: 1991
The Learning Disabled in Employment and Training Programs
DescriptionThis report focuses on improvements in determining individual needs of Job Training Partnership Act participants with learning disabilities, and in providing the training and support services that meet those needs. Since there are no current statistics on the learning disabled population in employment and training programs, estimates of the proportion of employment and training participants who …
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Issue: 1991
A Guide to High School Redirection
DescriptionHigh School Redirection was founded in 1968 in response to a felt need. Large numbers of students, and particularly minority students, were dropping out of New York City high schools. In some cases, the dropping out was in response to personal and family needs, but in too many cases, students were "push outs" -- those for whom the system no longer had patience for. Redirection was and is …
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Issue: 1991
Improving the Quality of Training Under JTPA
DescriptionJTPA training is intended to impart job-related skills to economically disadvantaged individuals to improve both their immediate post program employment and their long-term employment potential. Some observers of JTPA job training programs have argued that the system places too much emphasis on short-term training for entry-level jobs, and not enough emphasis on services that will enable …
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Issue: 1990-4
UI Research Exchange
DescriptionThe UI Research Exchange is published by the Unemployment Insurance Service to increase the effectiveness of research throughout the UI program. To achieve this goal, the Exchange provides a means of communication among researchers and between researchers and policymakers. The Exchange is designed to be an open forum for all UI researchers. Two contributed papers are included in this issue. The …
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Issue: 1990-3
A Study of Unemployment Insurance Recipients and Exhaustees: Findings from a National Survey
DescriptionThe purpose of this study is to examine the characteristics and behavior of UI exhaustees and nonexhaustees, and to explore the implications of this information for policy formulation. … … Mark Dynarski … …
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Issue: 1989-7
Leadership in Appellate Administration: Successful State Unemployment Insurance Appellate Operations
DescriptionThis paper is the result of a project to document the administrative practices and procedures used in a number of States to achieve high levels of promptness in deciding unemployment insurance (UI) appeals. The project concentrated exclusively on the administration and management of the appellate process. It did not attempt to investigate the elements of a ?fair hearing? or ?due process of law?. …
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Issue: 1989-6
Experience Rating in Unemployment Insurance: Some Current Issues
DescriptionThis paper examines experience rating in unemployment insurance. Part I discuses the main objective of unemployment insurance while Part II defines some important experience rating concepts and describes the different ways that the states experience rate employers. Part III examines four issues associated with experience rating; the size of the interindustry subsidies, the incidence of employer …
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Issue: 1989-5
An Evaluation of the Feasibility of a Substate Area Extended Benefit Program
DescriptionThe purpose of this report is to assess the feasibility of developing and operating a program of extended UI benefits at the substate level. In principle, extended benefits might be more effectively targeted toward workers who are experiencing severe difficulties in finding new jobs if the program could be initiated on the basis of local labor market conditions. The extent to which this improved …
Research MethodologyQualitative Analysis
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Issue: 1989-3
New Jersey Unemployment Insurance Reemployment Demonstration Project
DescriptionThis final evaluation report for the New Jersey Unemployment Insurance Reemployment Demonstration Project consists of three major parts: (1) a short, policy-oriented summary, (2) an implementation and process report, and (3) an impact and benefit cost report. These three reports are published together here, but they were prepared as separate, stand-alone documents intended for different …
PopulationAdult, New Entrants/Reentrants
ProgramUnemployment Insurance
Research MethodologyRCT (Randomized Control Trial)
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Issue: 1989-2
Referral of Long-Term Unemployment Insurance (UI) Claimants to Reemployment Services, Revised Edition
DescriptionThis study addresses the feasibility of identifying and targeting services to long-term UI claimants who need reemployment services and who have reached the later stages of their UI benefit period. Specifically, the study examines the feasibility of targeting services to claimants who have been on UI for at least 22 weeks and who have reached the last 5 weeks of their benefit period. … Philip …
PopulationAdult, New Entrants/Reentrants
ProgramUnemployment Insurance
Research MethodologyQuantitative Analysis