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Issue: 1987-1
DescriptionThis report examines the question of trust fund adequacy in State Unemployment Insurance (UI). It is intended to provide both a general overview of UI trust fund management issues and specific observations on how the responsiveness of UI taxes affects the level of reserves needed by individual states. The discussion is initially presented at a general level and then in much more detail in later …
PopulationAdult, New Entrants/Reentrants
ProgramUnemployment Insurance
Research MethodologyQuantitative Analysis
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Issue: 1986-6
DescriptionThis publication presents four papers and comments that were delivered at a session of the annual meeting of the Western Economic Association on July 43, 1986 in San Francisco. The session was titled ?Measuring Structural Unemployment.? The papers have been revised-in some cases substantially-from the earlier versions that were distributed at the meeting. The papers reflect the interest of the …
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Issue: 1986-5
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 …