Title
Demonstration of the Short-time Compensation Program
Project Dates
04/13/2013 -
Description
Title III, subtitle D of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 contains a variety of measures to promote short-time compensation programs (STC) in states. The purpose of the project is to identify the effectiveness of various strategies to increase employer use of short-time compensation programs in lieu of layoffs when reductions in workforce are expected to be temporary. The project will involve designing a random assignment experiment in two states and analyzing the data from the experiments. Analyses based on non-experimental methods may be used to supplement analyses based on experimental data.
Sponsorship
Westat
Subject Area
UNEMPLOYMENT, DISABILITY, and INCOME SUPPORT PROGRAMS; Unemployment insurance
Publications
Demonstration and Evaluation of the Short-Time Compensation Program in Iowa and Oregon: Final Report Houseman, Susan, Frank Bennici, Katharine Abraham, Susan Labin, Katharine Abraham, Chris O'Leary, Richard Sigman. 2017. Washington, D.C., Department of Labor, Chief Evaluation Office.