Upjohn Research

Title

Reemployment Bonuses in the Unemployment Insurance System: Evidence from Three Field Experiments

Authors

Philip K. Robins, University of Miami
Robert G. Spiegelman, W.E. Upjohn Institute

Year

2001

Abstract

In this volume a select group of UI researchers describes the motivation for and the design, implementation, and impacts of UI bonus experiments administered in Illinois, Pennsylvania, and Washington. They also describe the benefits and costs of the various experimental treatments for the government as a whole, the UI system in particular, claimants' earnings, and the overall net benefits to society.

Contents

1. Introduction and Background of the Reemployment Bonus Experiments / Walter A. Carson and Robert G. Spiegelman
2. Design of Three Field Experiments / Walter A. Carson and Robert G. Spiegelman
3. Participation in the Reemployment Bonus Experiments / Paul T. Decker, Christopher J. O'Leary, and Stephen A. Woodbury
4. Bonus Impacts on Receipt of Unemployment Insurance / Paul T. Decker, Christopher J. O'Leary, and Stephen A. Woodbury
5. Impacts on Employment and Earnings / Paul T. Decker, Christopher J. O'Leary, and Stephen A. Woodbury
6. From Social Experiment to Program / Carl Davidson and Stephen A. Woodbury
7. A Benefit-Cost Analysis of a Bonus Offer Program / Robert G. Speigelman
8. Summary and Policy Implications / Philip K. Robins

Citation

Robins, Philip K., and Robert G. Spiegelman, eds. 2001. Reemployment Bonuses in the Unemployment Insurance System: Evidence from Three Field Experiments. Kalamazoo, MI: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.

ISBN

9780880992251 (pbk.) ; 9780880992268 (cloth)

Subject Areas

UNEMPLOYMENT, DISABILITY, and POVERTY; Unemployment insurance; Benefits and duration