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A Cross Country Evaluation Of Active Labor Programs In Hungary And Poland, Christopher J. O'Leary Dec 1998

A Cross Country Evaluation Of Active Labor Programs In Hungary And Poland, Christopher J. O'Leary

Reports

No abstract provided.


Evaluating The Effectiveness Of Active Labor Programs In Hungary, Christopher J. O'Leary Nov 1998

Evaluating The Effectiveness Of Active Labor Programs In Hungary, Christopher J. O'Leary

Upjohn Institute Technical Reports

No abstract provided.


Industrial Incentives: Competition Among American States And Cities, Peter S. Fisher, Alan H. Peters Oct 1998

Industrial Incentives: Competition Among American States And Cities, Peter S. Fisher, Alan H. Peters

Employment Research Newsletter

No abstract provided.


Design For A Net Impact Evaluation Of Retraining In China, Christopher J. O'Leary Aug 1998

Design For A Net Impact Evaluation Of Retraining In China, Christopher J. O'Leary

Reports

The main aim of the national reemployment project in China is to redeploy workers identified as redundant within urban state owned enterprises (SOEs) to new jobs.1 As part of a larger effort to document the success of the reemployment project in China, a net impact analysis of retraining will be performed using a sample drawn from three cities which span the range of economic conditions in China: Shanghai, Wuhan and Shenyang. 2 This paper presents a practical design for the sampling necessary to undertake the evaluation.


Victorian Workers' Compensation System: Review And Analysis, Volume Ii, H. Allan Hunt, Peter S. Barth, Alan Clayton, Ralph W. Mcginn Jul 1998

Victorian Workers' Compensation System: Review And Analysis, Volume Ii, H. Allan Hunt, Peter S. Barth, Alan Clayton, Ralph W. Mcginn

Reports

No abstract provided.


The Labor Supply Effects Of Welfare Reform, Timothy J. Bartik Jul 1998

The Labor Supply Effects Of Welfare Reform, Timothy J. Bartik

Upjohn Institute Working Papers

Will welfare reform increase unemployment and reduce wages? The answer depends in part on how much welfare reform increases labor supply. This paper considers the labor supply effects of the welfare reforms that have occurred since 1993, when President Clinton entered office with a promise to "end welfare as we know it." The paper reviews previous estimates, and provides new estimates, of how many additional labor force participants have entered the labor force due to welfare reform. I estimate that welfare reform from 1993-96 increased the U.S. labor force by between 100,000 and 300,000 persons. Between 1996, when the major …


Evaluating The Effectiveness Of Active Labor Programs In Poland, Christopher J. O'Leary Jun 1998

Evaluating The Effectiveness Of Active Labor Programs In Poland, Christopher J. O'Leary

Upjohn Institute Technical Reports

No abstract provided.


Ingham County Economic Development Policy Assessment And Organization Implementation, George A. Erickcek, Gove Associates, Inc., W.E. Upjohn Institute For Employment Research May 1998

Ingham County Economic Development Policy Assessment And Organization Implementation, George A. Erickcek, Gove Associates, Inc., W.E. Upjohn Institute For Employment Research

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This report provides an independent assessment of Ingham County's current economic development policy and offers recommendations on how to make the county's role in economic development more effective.


Assessing Evaluation Methodologies For Performance-Based Incentives, George A. Erickcek Apr 1998

Assessing Evaluation Methodologies For Performance-Based Incentives, George A. Erickcek

Reports

No abstract provided.


Profiling For Reemployment Bonus Offers, Christopher J. O'Leary Apr 1998

Profiling For Reemployment Bonus Offers, Christopher J. O'Leary

Employment Research Newsletter

No abstract provided.


The Optimal Dole With Risk Aversion And Job Destruction, Carl Davidson, Stephen A. Woodbury Feb 1998

The Optimal Dole With Risk Aversion And Job Destruction, Carl Davidson, Stephen A. Woodbury

Upjohn Institute Working Papers

This paper extends earlier research on optimal unemployment insurance (UI) by developing an equilibrium search model that encompasses simultaneously several theoretical and institutional features that have been treated one-by-one (or not at all) in previous discussions of optimal UI. In particular, the model we develop allows us to determine the optimal potential duration of UI benefits as well as the optimal UI benefit amount; assumes (realistically) that not all workers are eligible for UI benefits; allows examination of various degrees of risk aversion by workers; models labor demand so that the job destruction effects of UI are taken into account; …


The Economics Of The Great Depression, Mark Wheeler Editor Jan 1998

The Economics Of The Great Depression, Mark Wheeler Editor

Upjohn Press

This book contributes to our understanding of the Great Depression's immediate and long-term impacts on the American economy. Editor Mark Wheeler has gathered six scholars from a range of subdisciplines within economics who, together, offer a diverse look at the Depression's effects on the nation's GDP, workers and labor markets, and monetary policy.


Growth In Disability Benefits: Explanations And Policy Implications, Kalman Rupp Editor, David C. Stapleton Editor Jan 1998

Growth In Disability Benefits: Explanations And Policy Implications, Kalman Rupp Editor, David C. Stapleton Editor

Upjohn Press

This collection of original papers reveals why caseloads of the nation's two largest income entitlement programs for disability - Social Security Disability Income (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - have soared.


Pensions And Productivity, Stuart Dorsey, Christopher Mark Cornwell, David A. Macpherson Jan 1998

Pensions And Productivity, Stuart Dorsey, Christopher Mark Cornwell, David A. Macpherson

Upjohn Press

Employers typically view their investment in pension plans as a means of providing retirement income for their workers. Economists, on the other hand, view pension programs as a way to increase workplace productivity. Dorsey, Cornwell and Macpherson explore the theoretical and empirical basis for this perspective and, in the process, offer a complete and up-to-date discussion on the productivity theory of pensions.


Topics In Unemployment Insurance Financing, Wayne Vroman Jan 1998

Topics In Unemployment Insurance Financing, Wayne Vroman

Upjohn Press

Vroman warns that states are more at risk for insolvency in the late 1990s than they were in 1990 and that a repetition of widespread and large-scale borrowing of the past is a distinct possibility. He bases this statement on an empirical study that examines historical levels of states' UI trust fund balances between recessions, and the specific methods used to finance trust fund blanaces. These methods include traditional means of financing, tax-base indexing, state reserve funds, and "flexible" financing such as solvency taxes and legislative response mechanisms. In addition, he addresses the tradeoffs of financing UI debt by either …


Industrial Incentives: Competition Among American States And Cities, Peter S. Fisher, Alan H. Peters Jan 1998

Industrial Incentives: Competition Among American States And Cities, Peter S. Fisher, Alan H. Peters

Upjohn Press

This book is the first significant attempt to quantify the development efforts made by state and local governments. The authors' extensive research focuses on tax and incentive policies across the 24 most industrialized states in the United States and a sample of 112 cities from within those states.