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Release Date:
Issue: 1999
Guide to JTPA Performance Standards for Program Years 1998 and 1999
DescriptionThis Technical Assistance Guide (TAG) presents key information needed to administer Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) performance standards. It presents an overview of DOL's performance standards policies for Program Years (PYs) 1998 and 1999, which have been revised minimally from Program Years 1996 and 1997. It also presents a summary of what's new for PY 98. The Guide also discusses how …
PopulationAdult, Dislocated Workers, Youth
Research MethodologyTechnical Assistance
Release Date:
Issue: 1999
The Lifelong Learning Demonstration: Final Evaluation Report on the Experimental Site
DescriptionThis demonstration to test strategies for promoting continuing education and training among mature incumbent workers (individuals age 25 and over with recent work experience) was initiated by the Department of Labor. A targeted public information campaign was conducted to provide information on the benefits of additional education and training and financial aid options, and to make it easier for …
PopulationAdult
Research MethodologyRCT (Randomized Control Trial)
Release Date:
Issue: 1999-8
Unemployment Insurance as an Automatic Stabilizer: Evidence of Effectiveness Over Three Decades
DescriptionThe countercyclical effectiveness of the UI program reflects the capability to dampen fluctuations n GDP during recessions and booms. In recent years, increasing attention has been directed towards the UI program, questioning its relevance for current federal policy and the need for UI in today?s modern global economy, and disputing the effectiveness of the program. This study examines conceptual …
PopulationAdult
ProgramUnemployment Insurance
Research MethodologyQuantitative Analysis
Release Date:
Issue: 1999-7
Analysis of Unemployment Insurance Recipiency Rates
DescriptionThe standard measure of the UI Recipiency Rate (Standard Rate) has fallen from the 1970s to the 1990s, suggesting an erosion in the effectiveness of UI system. This rate declined sharply from the mid-seventies to the early eighties. From the early eighties to the nineties, the Standard Rate increased modestly, but is still below its mid-seventies level. While researchers have identified many …
PopulationAdult
ProgramUnemployment Insurance
Research MethodologyQuantitative Analysis
Release Date:
Issue: 1999-6
An Analysis of Unemployment Insurance Durations Since the 1990-1992 Recession
DescriptionThe average duration of insured unemployment has remained high since the end of the most recent recession, despite lower unemployment rates generally. Overall, the estimates presented in this report suggest that average durations increased by between 1.1 and 1.4 weeks in the post-1992 period relative to what might have been predicted based on historical data. This figure represents approximately …
PopulationAdult
ProgramUnemployment Insurance
Research MethodologyQuantitative Analysis
Release Date:
Issue: 1999-5
UI Research Exchange
DescriptionThe UI Research Exchange is published by the Unemployment Insurance Service, Division of Research and Policy. The Exchange provides a means of communication between researchers, both inside and outside government, and policymakers. The Exchange is designed to be an open forum for all UI researchers and program personnel. However, the views expressed in the Exchange do not necessarily reflect the …
PopulationAdult
ProgramUnemployment Insurance
Research MethodologyTechnical Assistance
Release Date:
Issue: 1999-4
Emergency Unemployment Compensation: The 1990's Experience (Revised Edition)
DescriptionThe federal-state Unemployment Insurance (UI) program offers assistance to workers who have lost their jobs through no fault of their own. In all states, the level of cash benefits paid is based on previous wages earned, and the duration of benefits is limited, typically up to a maximum of 26 weeks. However, the federal government has extended the duration of benefits during every recession since …
ProgramUnemployment Insurance
Research MethodologyQuantitative Analysis
Release Date:
Issue: 1999-3
Unemployment Insurance Research: An Annotated Bibliography
DescriptionAfter a long absence, nearly 15 years, the Unemployment Insurance (UI) Research Bibliography has returned as both an Occasional Paper and as a searchable database. The Bibligraphy is a useful tool for policy makers, researchers, and others interested in unemployment insurance and related research. … … … U.S. Department of …
ProgramUnemployment Insurance
Research MethodologyLiterature Review
Release Date:
Issue: 1999-2
Unemployment Insurance Claimant Satisfaction Study
DescriptionThis report presents information from a national survey of individuals who filed claims for unemployment compensation in 1996 and 1997. The study examines their satisfaction with the Unemployment Insurance systems' services, procedures and staff. Results are based on interviews with more than 3,000 claimants from 16 states. … Steven Marcus … … Bardsley & Neidhart, …
ProgramUnemployment Insurance
Research MethodologyQuantitative Analysis
Release Date:
Issue: 1999-1
Dynamic Models of Unemployment Insurance Benefit Receipt: Survival Rate Analysis Report
DescriptionTo better understand the effects of alternative policy decisions on UI benefit payments, the U.S. Department of Labor contracted with Battele Memorial Institute to conduct the Unemployment Insurance Survival Rate Analysis and Benefit Models Project. The primary goals of this project were to first conduct a comprehensive examination of the dynamic nature of the UI benefit payment process and, …
ProgramUnemployment Insurance
Research MethodologyQuantitative Analysis