that paying unemployment insurance (UI) benefits to involuntarily jobless workers prolongs unemployment. However, some … scholars also reported estimates that the additional time spent in subsidized job search was productive. That is, UI receipt … investigated positive incentives to overcome the work disincentive effects of UI. These were followed by experiments in the 1990s …

and Worker Adjustment Assistance Act. Field experiments on services to dislocated workers led to Worker Profiling and … permitted UI benefit receipt while starting self-employment. Evaluation evidence suggests there should be continuous connection …

and Worker Adjustment Assistance Act. Field experiments on services to dislocated workers led to Worker Profiling and … permitted UI benefit receipt while starting self-employment. Evaluation evidence suggests there should be continuous connection …

-employment assistance to UI beneficiaries most likely to exhaust benefits. The authors also suggest other programs that might benefit from …

their UI entitlements using state Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services (WPRS) models. The draft legislation called for … each eligible unemployment insurance (UI) claimant with a special account of up to $3,000 to finance reemployment … of regular UI benefits. Personal reemployment account offers would be targeted to UI beneficiaries most likely to exhaust …

The Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services (WPRS) system was established nationwide following the 1993 enactment of …) began profiling new UI claimants with technical assistance from the W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. Since … WPRS profiling was introduced in Michigan much has changed, but the same model was in use until very recently. The MESC has …

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 provided financial incentives for UI modernization. The … having an alternate base period (ABP) for monetary determination of UI eligibility that includes the most recently completed … features: 1) UI eligibility while seeking only part-time work, 2) UI eligibility after job separations due to harassment or …