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Issue: 1986-5
Fifty Years of Unemployment Insurance--A Legislative History: 1935-1985
DescriptionThis report, which was originally undertaken to mark the observance of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the enactment of the Social Security Act of 1935, which initiated the Federal State Unemployment Compensation Program, is a source of basic information for students and the general public, and as a work tool for staffs of Federal and State unemployment compensation agencies. … … U.S. Department of …
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Issue: 1986-4
An Evaluation of Short-time Compensation Programs
DescriptionShort-time compensation (STC) is an alternative to employee layoffs, whereby a larger group of workers simply work shorter work weeks and are compensated for their lost work time with partial Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefits. STC may offer a mechanism for neutralizing the pre-layoff bias inherent in the regular UI system by allowing UI compensation to be paid under a much broader set of …
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Issue: 1986-3
An Evaluation of the Federal Supplemental Compensation Program
DescriptionThis evaluation of the FSC program examines the extent to which the initial design of the program translated into actual, desired outcomes. The purpose of the evaluation is to provide a solid foundation for making judgments and recommendations for future deliberations over extended benefits policies. For this reason, the analysis focuses on four broad policy issues that not only are important in …
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Issue: 1986-2
Unemployment Insurance Research Bibliography
DescriptionThis bibliography is a listing of unemployment insurance research and related documents. The bibliography is presented in two parts. Part I is organized by subject and provides abbreviated information on each entry. A separate list of the subject headings is provided for quick reference. Part II is organized by author; Part II provides complete source information on each entry and a brief …
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Issue: 1986-1
Alternative Uses of Unemployment Insurance
DescriptionThis report was prompted by a request from three members of the Senate, who asked the Department to explore some alternative ways of using the unemployment insurance (UI) system to deal with structural unemployment problems. In particular, the Senators requested that two specific alternative uses of UI trust funds be explored: (1) to provide income support while the recipient tries to start up a …
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Issue: 1985-5
Beginning the Unemployment Insurance Program -- An Oral History
DescriptionThis volume sketches the early history of unemployment insurance as recalled by individuals who held key roles in the system during its formative years. The editors have selected particular sections of 16 interviews pertaining to the early history and conceptual foundations of the program. The volume consists of excerpts from the recollections of the individuals quoted, arranged by subject …
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Issue: 1985-4
The Effect of the Duration of Unemployment Benefits on Work Incentives: An Analysis of Four Data Sets
DescriptionThis report is concerned the effect of changes in the potential duration of unemployment insurance benefits on the length of spells of unemployment and nonwork. An unemployment spell is a period of time during which the individual is looking for work, and a nonwork spell is a period of time during which the individual is either looking for work or out of the labor force. The report is …
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Issue: 1985-3
Application of the Unemployment Insurance System Work Test and Nonmonetary Eligibility Standards
DescriptionThis study investigates the influences of state laws, regulations, and procedures of nonmonetary eligibility. Our objective is to identify practices that are particularly effective in detecting ineligible claimants, given the variation in the definitions of ineligibility. To the extent that we succeed in establishing these ?best practices,? agencies may be able to monitor their procedures more …
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Issue: 1985-2
Evaluation of the Charleston Claimant Placement and Worktest Demonstration 1984
DescriptionThe objectives of this project were to improve joint Employment Service/Unemployment Insurance (ES?UI) procedures for monitoring the work test and enhancing placement services for UI claimants in order to reduce weeks claimed and benefits paid. The demonstration consisted of dividing all claimants in the Charleston, South Carolina area into three demonstration groups and one control group on a …
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Issue: 1985-1
An Analysis of the 1981-82 Changes in the Extended Benefit Program
DescriptionIn this report, the effects that recent changes introduced into the Extended Benefits (EB) Program in the early 1980?s has had on the EB program is investigated. Quantitative estimates of the degree to which EB claims and costs were reduced below what they would have been in the absence of the changes is provided as well as a number of related analyses that examine whether the program changes …