prices, are affected by overall MSA unemployment, the distribution of unemployment among different groups, and national … prices and wages. MSA unemployment has strong effects on MSA wages and prices, but the distribution of unemployment among … different groups has weak effects on wages and prices. Using these estimates, simulations show that targeting high-unemployment …

skills development in the U.S. is failing. Lagging school achievement (particularly in urban areas), high unemployment rates …

Most states have exhausted their unemployment insurance (UI) trust fund and borrowed from the federal government at …

Comparisons among state unemployment insurance (UI) systems can be misleading. Frequently quoted indicators of benefit … unemployment experience, would fare in different states. The authors use a micro-simulation approach to model the experiences of …

average duration of unemployment of long-term UI claimants by nine weeks. This was for UI claimants who were unemployed for at …

of federal, state, and local partners. The programs considered include unemployment insurance, training, youth programs …

The Unemployment Compensation Amendments of 1993, Public Law 103-152, require each state employment security agency to … implement a Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services (WPRS) system. WPRS systems are intended to identify unemployment …