2024
Efficiency Costs of Unemployment Insurance Denial: Evidence from Randomly Assigned Examiners, Jonathan Cohen and Geoffrey C. Schnorr
Publication: Upjohn Institute Working Papers
Granting Unemployment Insurance Benefits in Borderline Cases Helps Workers at Low Cost, Jonathan Cohen and Geoffrey C. Schnorr
Publication: Upjohn Institute Policy and Research Briefs
New Employer Payroll Taxes and Entrepreneurship, Audrey Guo and Melanie Wallskog
Publication: Upjohn Institute Working Papers
Predictive Analytics Supporting Labor Market Success: A Career Explorer for Job Seekers and Workforce Professionals in Michigan, Christopher J. O'Leary, Kevin Doyle, Ben Damerow, Kenneth J. Kline, Beth C. Truesdale, Salomon Orellana, Randall W. Eberts, Amy Meyers, Anna Wilcoxson, and Scott Powell
Publication: Journal Articles
Why Are Unemployment Insurance Claims So Low?, Christopher J. O'Leary, Kenneth J. Kline, Thomas A. Stengle, and Stephen A. Wandner
Publication: Journal Articles
2023
Gender Gaps From Labor Market Shocks, Ria Ivandić and Anne Sophie Lassen
Publication: Upjohn Institute Working Papers
Michigan Unemployment Insurance: Background for Planning Analysis, Christopher J. O'Leary
Publication: Presentations
Unemployment Insurance: Fix It and Fund It, Christopher J. O'Leary, David E. Balducchi, and Ralph E. Smith
Publication: Upjohn Institute Policy Papers
Why Are Unemployment Insurance Claims So Low?, Christopher J. O'Leary, Kenneth J. Kline, Thomas A. Stengle, and Stephen A. Wandner
Publication: Employment Research Newsletter
Why Are Unemployment Insurance Claims So Low?, Christopher J. O'Leary, Kenneth J. Kline, Thomas A. Stengle, and Stephen A. Wandner
Publication: Upjohn Institute Policy and Research Briefs
Why Are Unemployment Insurance Claims So Low?, Christopher J. O'Leary, Kenneth J. Kline, Thomas A. Stengle, and Stephen A. Wandner
Publication: Upjohn Institute Working Papers
Predictive Analytics Supporting Labor Market Success: A Career Explorer for Job Seekers and Workforce Professionals in Michigan, Christopher J. O'Leary, Salomon Orellana, Kevin Doyle, Randall W. Eberts, Ben Damerow, Amy Meyers, Kenneth J. Kline, Anna Wilcoxson, Beth C. Truesdale, and Scott Powell
Publication: Upjohn Institute Working Papers
Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessments (RESEA) in Maryland—Plan for Annual Assessments with Incremental Improvements, Christopher J. O'Leary, Gabrielle Pepin, and Ting Zhang
Publication: Upjohn Institute Technical Reports
Equity in Unemployment Insurance Benefit Access, Christopher J. O'Leary, William E. Spriggs, and Stephen A. Wandner
Publication: Presentations
Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessments (RESEA) in Maryland—Program Year 2020 Evaluation, Gabrielle Pepin, Christopher J. O'Leary, Kenneth J. Kline, and Ting Zhang
Publication: Upjohn Institute Technical Reports
Applying Behavioral Insights to Inform Job Search: Evaluating Effects of a Behaviorally Informed Intervention on Job Search Online in West Michigan, Ariella Spitzer, Erin Welch, Greg Chojnacki, William J. Congdon, and Christopher J. O'Leary
Publication: External Papers and Reports
Transforming Unemployment Insurance for the Twenty-First Century: A Comprehensive Guide to Reform, Stephen A. Wandner
Publication: Upjohn Press
2022
How Reliable are Administrative Reports of Paid Work Hours?, Marta Lachowska, Alexandre Mas, and Stephen A. Woodbury
Publication: Upjohn Institute Working Papers
How Reliable Are Administrative Reports of Paid Work Hours?, Marta Lachowska, Alexandre Mas, and Stephen A. Woodbury
Publication: Journal Articles
Poor Performance as a Predictable Outcome: Financing the Administration of Unemployment Insurance, Marta Lachowska, Alexandre Mas, and Stephen A. Woodbury
Publication: Journal Articles
Firms and Unemployment Insurance Take-Up, Marta Lachowska, Isaac Sorkin, and Stephen A. Woodbury
Publication: Upjohn Institute Working Papers
How Federal Pandemic Relief Helped Replenish State Unemployment Reserves, Christopher J. O'Leary and Kenneth J. Kline
Publication: Employment Research Newsletter
How Federal Pandemic Relief Helped Replenish State Unemployment Reserves, Christopher J. O'Leary and Kenneth J. Kline
Publication: Upjohn Institute Policy Papers
Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessments (RESEA) in Maryland—Formative Evaluation, Program Year 2019, Christopher J. O'Leary, Gabrielle Pepin, Ting Zhang, and Conrad Helms
Publication: Upjohn Institute Technical Reports
Equity in Unemployment Insurance Benefit Access, Christopher J. O'Leary, William E. Spriggs, and Stephen A. Wandner
Publication: Presentations
Equity in Unemployment Insurance Benefit Access, Christopher J. O'Leary, William E. Spriggs, and Stephen A. Wandner
Publication: External Papers and Reports
2021
Income in the Off-Season: Household Adaptation to Yearly Work Interruptions, John Coglianese and Brendan M. Price
Publication: Employment Research Newsletter
COVID-19's Impacts on the Labor Market in 2020, Brad J. Hershbein and Harry J. Holzer
Publication: Upjohn Institute Policy and Research Briefs
The COVID-19 Pandemic's Evolving Impacts on the Labor Market: Who's Been Hurt and What We Should Do, Brad J. Hershbein and Harry J. Holzer
Publication: Upjohn Institute Working Papers
The COVID-19 Pandemic’s Evolving Impacts on the Labor Market: Who’s Been Hurt and What We Should Do, Brad J. Hershbein and Harry J. Holzer
Publication: External Papers and Reports
Are Sufficient Statistics Necessary? Nonparametric Measurement of Deadweight Loss from Unemployment Insurance, David S. Lee, Pauline Leung, Christopher J. O'Leary, Zhuan Pei, and Simon Quach
Publication: Journal Articles
Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessments (RESEA) in Maryland: Process Analysis Report, Christopher J. O'Leary, Gabrielle Pepin, Ting Zhang, and Conrad Helms
Publication: Upjohn Institute Technical Reports
Equity in Unemployment Insurance Benefit Access, Christopher J. O'Leary, William E. Spriggs, and Stephen A. Wandner
Publication: Upjohn Institute Policy Papers
2020
Extending Unemployment Insurance Benefits to Workers in Precarious and Nonstandard Arrangements, Katharine G. Abraham, Susan N. Houseman, and Christopher J. O'Leary
Publication: External Papers and Reports
Appendix A: Interesting or Innovative Changes/Initiatives Fostered by ARRA Funding, Burt S. Barnow Editor and Richard A. Hobbie Editor
Publication: Upjohn Press Book Chapters
Income in the Off-Season: Household Adaptation to Yearly Work Interruptions, John Coglianese and Brendan M. Price
Publication: Upjohn Institute Working Papers
Income in the Off-Season: Household Adaptation to Yearly Work Interruptions, John Coglianese and Brendan M. Price
Publication: Upjohn Institute Policy and Research Briefs
Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic and the CARES Act on Earnings and Inequality, Guido Matias Cortes and Eliza C. Forsythe
Publication: Employment Research Newsletter
Impacts of the Covid-19 Pandemic and the CARES Act on Earnings and Inequality, Guido Matias Cortes and Eliza C. Forsythe
Publication: Upjohn Institute Working Papers
Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic and the CARES Act on Earnings and Inequality, Guido Matias Cortes and Eliza C. Forsythe
Publication: Upjohn Institute Policy and Research Briefs
Heterogeneous Effects of Brazilian Unemployment Insurance Reforms on Layoffs, Túlio Cravo, Christopher J. O'Leary, Ana Cristina Sierra, and Leandro Justino Veloso
Publication: Journal Articles
Heterogeneous Impacts on Layoffs of Changes in Brazilian Unemployment Insurance Eligibility Rules, Túlio Cravo, Christopher J. O'Leary, Ana Cristina Sierra, and Leandro Justino Veloso
Publication: Upjohn Institute Working Papers
Research for Equity in Recovery IV: Unemployment Insurance During the COVID Crisis: Lessons for Improving the UI Program, Lei Ding, Christopher J. O'Leary, Suzanne Simonetta, Patricia M. Anderson, and Michael Horrigan
Publication: Presentations
Appendix B: Data from the Public Workforce System Dataset Used in the Analysis in Chapter 9, Randall W. Eberts and Stephen A. Wandner
Publication: Upjohn Press Book Chapters
Experience Rating and the Dynamics of Financing Unemployment Insurance, Marta Lachowska, Wayne Vroman, and Stephen A. Woodbury
Publication: Journal Articles
Unemployment Insurance and Means-Tested Program Interactions: Evidence from Administrative Data, Pauline Leung and Christopher J. O'Leary
Publication: Journal Articles
Reforming Unemployment Insurance, Christopher J. O'Leary
Publication: Upjohn Institute Policy and Research Briefs
States Lack Adequate Unemployment Insurance Reserves, Christopher J. O'Leary
Publication: Upjohn Institute Policy and Research Briefs
Lessons from the American Federal-State Unemployment Insurance System for a European Unemployment Benefits System, Christopher J. O'Leary, Burt S. Barnow, and Karolien Lenaerts
Publication: Upjohn Institute Working Papers
Lessons from the American Federal‐State Unemployment Insurance System for a European Unemployment Benefits System, Christopher J. O'Leary, Burt S. Barnow, and Karolien Lenaerts
Publication: Journal Articles
Effects of Unemployment Insurance Reforms in Brazil, Christopher J. O'Leary, Túlio Cravo, Ana Cristina Sierra, and Leandro Justino Veloso
Publication: Employment Research Newsletter
Effects of Unemployment Insurance Reforms in Brazil, Christopher J. O'Leary, Túlio Cravo, Ana Cristina Sierra, and Leandro Justino Veloso
Publication: Upjohn Institute Policy and Research Briefs
State Unemployment Insurance Reserves Are Not Adequate, Christopher J. O'Leary and Kenneth J. Kline
Publication: Upjohn Institute Working Papers
An Illustrated Case for Unemployment Insurance Reform, Christopher J. O'Leary and Stephen A. Wandner
Publication: Upjohn Institute Working Papers
Why the Unemployment Insurance Program Needs to Be Reformed, Stephen A. Wandner, Editor
Publication: Upjohn Press Book Chapters
Options for Unemployment Insurance Structural and Administrative Reform: Proposals and Analysis, Stephen A. Wandner
Publication: Upjohn Institute Policy Papers
An Unemployment Insurance COVID-19 Crisis Response, Stephen A. Wandner and Christopher J. O'Leary
Publication: Employment Research Newsletter
Disaster Unemployment Assistance Would Help Gig, Contract, Self-Employed Workers Affected by COVID-19, Stephen A. Woodbury
Publication: Employment Research Newsletter
2019
Are Sufficient Statistics Necessary? Nonparametric Measurement of Deadweight Loss from Unemployment Insurance, David S. Lee, Pauline Leung, Christopher J. O'Leary, Zhuan Pei, and Simon Quach
Publication: External Papers and Reports
Are Sufficient Statistics Necessary? Nonparametric Measurement of Deadweight Loss from Unemployment Insurance, David S. Lee, Pauline Leung, Christopher J. O'Leary, Zhuan Pei, and Simon Quach
Publication: External Papers and Reports
Four Decades of Declining Federal Leadership in the Federal-State Unemployment Insurance Program, Stephen A. Wandner
Publication: Upjohn Institute Working Papers
2018
The Employment Service-Unemployment Insurance Partnership: Origin, Evolution, and Revitalization, David E. Balducchi and Christopher J. O'Leary
Publication: Upjohn Press Book Chapters
Restoring Unemployment Insurance as Social Insurance, Christopher J. O'Leary
Publication: Presentations
Unemployment Insurance Reform: Evidence-Based Policy Recommendations, Christopher J. O'Leary and Stephen A. Wandner, Editor
Publication: Upjohn Press Book Chapters
UI Reform Proposals in the Fiscal Year 2017 Obama Budget Request, Suzanne Simonetta
Publication: Upjohn Press Book Chapters
State UI Financing Response To the Great Recession, Wayne Vroman
Publication: Upjohn Press Book Chapters
Conclusions and Needed Reforms, Stephen A. Wandner, Editor
Publication: Upjohn Press Book Chapters
Unemployment Insurance Reform: Fixing a Broken System, Stephen A. Wandner, Editor
Publication: Upjohn Press
Evidence-Based Reform of the Unemployment Insurance System, Stephen A. Wandner
Publication: Employment Research Newsletter
2017
The Employment Service-Unemployment Insurance Partnership: Origin, Evolution, and Revitalization, David E. Balducchi and Christopher J. O'Leary
Publication: Upjohn Institute Working Papers
Experimental Evaluations and the Evolution of the Reemployment and Eligibility Assessment Program, Jacob M. Benus
Publication: Upjohn Press Book Chapters
Using Behavioral Insights to Improve Take-Up of a Reemployment Program: Trial Design and Findings, Matthew Darling, Christopher J. O'Leary, Irma L. Perez-Johnson, Jaclyn Lefkowitz, Kenneth J. Kline, Ben Damerow, Randall W. Eberts, Samia Amin, and Greg Chojnacki
Publication: External Papers and Reports
The Current State of Workers' Compensation: Benefit Adequacy, Return to Work, and Prevention, Marcus O. Dillender and H. Allan Hunt
Publication: Employment Research Newsletter
An Example of a Low-Cost Intervention to Target Services to Participants of a Local Welfare-to Work-Program, Randall W. Eberts
Publication: Upjohn Press Book Chapters
Demonstration and Evaluation of the Short-Time Compensation Program in Iowa and Oregon: Final Report, Susan N. Houseman, Christopher J. O'Leary, Katharine G. Abraham, Frank Bennici, Susan Labin, and Richard Sigman
Publication: External Papers and Reports
Evaluating Public Employment Programs with Field Experiments: A Survey of American Evidence, Christopher J. O'Leary
Publication: Upjohn Institute Working Papers
Incentive Experiments in Unemployment Insurance, Christopher J. O'Leary
Publication: Upjohn Press Book Chapters
Restoring Unemployment Insurance as Social Insurance, Christopher J. O'Leary
Publication: Presentations
How On-the-Ground Realities Shape the Design, Implementation, and Results of Experimental Studies, Irma L. Perez-Johnson, Annalisa Mastri, and Samia Amin
Publication: Upjohn Press Book Chapters
A Comparative Analysis of Unemployment Insurance Financing Methods, Wayne Vroman, Elaine Maag, Christopher J. O'Leary, and Stephen A. Woodbury
Publication: External Papers and Reports
Introduction [to Lessons Learned from Public Workforce Program Experiments], Stephen A. Wandner, Editor
Publication: Upjohn Press Book Chapters
Lessons Learned from Public Workforce Program Experiments, Stephen A. Wandner Editor
Publication: Upjohn Press
2016
Putting Short-Time Compensation to Work: How Employers Can Avert Layoffs and Reduce Training Costs, David E. Balducchi and Stephen A. Wandner
Publication: Employment Research Newsletter
Encouragement Emails Increase Participation in Reemployment Services, Matthew Darling, Christopher J. O'Leary, Irma L. Perez-Johnson, Jaclyn Lefkowitz, Kenneth J. Kline, Ben Damerow, and Randall W. Eberts
Publication: External Papers and Reports
Displaced Long-Term Workers, Randall W. Eberts
Publication: Presentations
Considerations for States Planning Personal Reemployment Accounts, Randall W. Eberts and Christopher J. O'Leary
Publication: Conference Papers
Effects of the Unemployment Insurance Work Test on Long-Term Employment Outcomes, Marta Lachowska, Merve Meral, and Stephen A. Woodbury
Publication: Journal Articles
Are State Unemployment Insurance Reserves Sufficient for the Next Recession?, Christopher J. O'Leary and Kenneth J. Kline
Publication: Upjohn Institute Working Papers
Wage Insurance as a Policy Option in the United States, Stephen A. Wandner
Publication: Upjohn Institute Working Papers
2015
Inference on Causal Effects in a Generalized Regression Kink Design, David Card, David S. Lee, Zhuan Pei, and Andrea Weber
Publication: Upjohn Institute Working Papers
Optimal Social Assistance and Unemployment Insurance in a Life-Cycle Model of Family Labor Supply and Savings, Peter Haan and Victoria Prowse
Publication: Upjohn Institute Working Papers
The Effects of Eliminating the Work Search Requirement on Job Match Quality and Other Long-Term Employment Outcomes, Marta Lachowska, Merve Meral, and Stephen A. Woodbury
Publication: External Papers and Reports
Should UI Eligibility Be Expanded to Low-Earning Workers? Evidence on Employment, Transfer Receipt, and Income from Administrative Data, Pauline Leung and Christopher J. O'Leary
Publication: Upjohn Institute Working Papers
Use of Unemployment Insurance and Public Employment Services after Leaving Welfare, Christopher J. O'Leary
Publication: Upjohn Institute Working Papers
2014
Proposal 12: Encouraging Work Sharing to Reduce Unemployment, Katharine G. Abraham and Susan N. Houseman
Publication: Book Chapters
Short-Time Compensation as a Tool to Mitigate Job Loss? Evidence on the U.S. Experience During the Recent Recession, Katharine G. Abraham and Susan N. Houseman
Publication: Journal Articles
Use of Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program Benefits by Unemployment Insurance Applicants in Michigan during the Great Recession, Christopher J. O'Leary and Kenneth J. Kline
Publication: Upjohn Institute Working Papers
The Job Search Intensity Supply Curve: How Labor Market Conditions Affect Job Search Effort, Jeremy Schwartz
Publication: Upjohn Institute Working Papers
Financing Unemployment Insurance, Wayne Vroman and Stephen A. Woodbury
Publication: Upjohn Institute Working Papers
Financing Unemployment Insurance, Wayne Vroman and Stephen A. Woodbury
Publication: Journal Articles