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During the recent recession only 17 states offered short-time compensation (STC) - pro-rated unemployment benefits for workers whose hours are reduced for economic reasons. New federal legislation will encourage the expansion of STC. Exploiting cross-state variation in STC, we present new...
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During the recent recession, workers were eligible for UI benefits only if they were laid off in most states. At the start of the recent recession only 17 states offered short-time compensation (STC) - pro-rated unemployment benefits for workers whose hours are temporarily reduced for economic...
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During the recent recession, workers were eligible for UI benefits only if they were laid off in most states. At the start of the recent recession only 17 states offered short-time compensation (STC) — pro-rated unemployment benefits for workers whose hours are temporarily reduced for economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013036943
increase employment and to reduce poverty and public assistance. We also find some evidence that higher welfare benefits had …
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that the decline in aggregate earnings was entirely driven by declines in employment; individuals who remained employed did …
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Employer-provided health benefit coverage for workers who retire before age 65 has fallen over the last decade. We examine a cohort of male workers from the Health and Retirement Survey to examine questions about the dynamics of retiree health benefits and the relationship between retiree health...
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-level employment behavior at the extensive and intensive margins and compare Seattle workers to workers in Washington state using a … difference-indifferences strategy. Importantly, we consider how impacts vary by employment characteristics, including worker wage …
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over employment policy. I suggest that a new jobs compact will be needed to close the deficit in jobs lost in the recent …
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over employment policy. I suggest that a new jobs compact will be needed to close the deficit in jobs lost in the recent …
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employment services. I also investigate the correlation of UI and employment services receipt with maintenance of self … employment services are used by one-quarter of newly jobless TANF leavers. Among UI applicants, more than 75 percent use public … employment services whether they receive UI benefits or not, while only 14 percent of newly jobless TANF leavers who do not apply …
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