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Julie M. Whittaker - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC08): Status of Benefits Prior to Expiration
2014Co-Authors: Katelin P. Isaacs, Julie M. WhittakerAbstract:This report summarizes the structure of Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC08) benefits available prior to program expiration at the end of calendar year 2013 and provides the legislative history of the EUC08 program.
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Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC08): Current Status of Benefits
2013Co-Authors: Julie M. Whittaker, Katelin P. IsaacsAbstract:This report summarizes the structure of Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC08) benefits currently available through December 28, 2013 (December 29, 2013, for New York). It also provides the legislative history of the EUC08 program.
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Expediting the Return to Work: Approaches in the Unemployment Compensation Program
2013Co-Authors: Julie M. WhittakerAbstract:This report examines trends in the duration of Unemployment benefits and then reviews a wide range of approaches for speeding the return to work. The report emphasizes measures that have recently been considered by lawmakers or have been tried on an experimental basis, particularly if evaluations of their impacts on duration of Unemployment Compensation (UC) benefit receipt are available.
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Extending Unemployment Compensation Benefits During Recessions
2012Co-Authors: Julie M. Whittaker, Katelin P. IsaacsAbstract:This report describes the history of temporary federal extensions to Unemployment benefits from 1980 to the present. It has five sections which discuss: [1] background information on Unemployment Compensation (UC) benefits, [2] a definition of a recession and the process of declaring a recession, [3] a summary of the legislative history of federal extensions of Unemployment benefits, [4] figures examining the statistics of recessions, and [5] previous methods for financing temporary recession programs.
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Unemployment Compensation (UC): Eligibility for Students Under State and Federal Laws
2012Co-Authors: Julie M. Whittaker, Alan EderAbstract:Report that describes the state variations student disqualification from Unemployment Compensation benefits while they attend school.
Katelin P. Isaacs - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC08): Status of Benefits Prior to Expiration
2014Co-Authors: Katelin P. Isaacs, Julie M. WhittakerAbstract:This report summarizes the structure of Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC08) benefits available prior to program expiration at the end of calendar year 2013 and provides the legislative history of the EUC08 program.
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Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC08): Current Status of Benefits
2013Co-Authors: Julie M. Whittaker, Katelin P. IsaacsAbstract:This report summarizes the structure of Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC08) benefits currently available through December 28, 2013 (December 29, 2013, for New York). It also provides the legislative history of the EUC08 program.
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Unemployment Insurance: Consequences of Changes in State Unemployment Compensation Laws
2013Co-Authors: Katelin P. IsaacsAbstract:This report analyzes several types of recent changes to state Unemployment Compensation (UC) programs. Three categories of UC state law issues are considered: (1) changes in the duration of state UC Unemployment benefits; (2) changes in the UC weekly benefit amount; and (3) the enactment into state law of two trigger options for the Extended Benefit (EB) program.
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Extending Unemployment Compensation Benefits During Recessions
2012Co-Authors: Julie M. Whittaker, Katelin P. IsaacsAbstract:This report describes the history of temporary federal extensions to Unemployment benefits from 1980 to the present. It has five sections which discuss: [1] background information on Unemployment Compensation (UC) benefits, [2] a definition of a recession and the process of declaring a recession, [3] a summary of the legislative history of federal extensions of Unemployment benefits, [4] figures examining the statistics of recessions, and [5] previous methods for financing temporary recession programs.
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Temporary Extension of Unemployment Benefits: Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC08)
2010Co-Authors: Katelin P. Isaacs, Julie M. Whittaker, Alison M. SheltonAbstract:In July 2008, a new temporary Unemployment benefit, the Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC08) program, began. The most recent legislation, P.L. 111-205, extended the authorization of the EUC08 program, but did not change the structure of the program or augment benefits. This temporary Unemployment insurance program provides up to 20 additional weeks of Unemployment benefits to certain workers who have exhausted their rights to regular Unemployment Compensation (UC) benefits. This report discusses the various tiers of the EUC08 program, as well as related legislation. This report will be updated to reflect current congressional action or programmatic changes.
Umut Riza Ozkan - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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The dualisation of Unemployment Compensation in emerging economies: Brazil, China and Russia
Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy, 2017Co-Authors: Umut Riza OzkanAbstract:ABSTRACTThis article examines the development of a ‘dualised’ welfare regime – generous earnings-related Unemployment Compensation for ‘insiders’ and residual needs-based social assistance provision for ‘outsiders’ – in China and Brazil, which experienced impressive economic development in recent decades. It argues that such a welfare outcome can partly be accounted for by the ongoing influence of ‘insiders’, which was conditional upon the pace and nature of economic liberalisation reforms and their representation in institutional channels of social policy-making. It also demonstrates that the new social/Unemployment assistance schemes for ‘outsiders’ emerged due to both governments’ fear of losing their power in politics; yet, these schemes were designed in a residual way since ‘outsiders’ did not possess the same political resources as ‘insiders’ did. The paper, moreover, draws from the Russian experience (a negative case) to demonstrate that such a dualised welfare outcome did not take place because th...
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welfare regime change or lack of change in Unemployment Compensation
International Journal of Social Welfare, 2016Co-Authors: Umut Riza OzkanAbstract:Drawing on theoretical accounts of institutional change, this study explored the politics of welfare regime transformation in regard to Turkey's Unemployment Compensation system. By using the institutionalist approach, the study shows that the process of welfare regime change was one of “institutional layering” of Unemployment insurance (UI) over severance pay. Also, the study demonstrates that the economic bureaucracy played a key role in pushing the establishment of UI (state-centric approach) in contrast to the class-based organizations that focused their struggles on the severance pay scheme (power-resource perspective). However, the economic bureaucracy preferred a rudimentary UI design, which prevented UI from undermining the vested interests behind the severance pay scheme. Furthermore, subsequent attempts at the reformation of the severance pay scheme were not successful because the social welfare bureaucracy lacked the capacity to develop a policy alternative to resolve the stalemate between the societal actors. Lastly, the study used the successful severance pay reform experiences of South Korea and Austria to locate the Turkish case within a broader comparative framework.
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Welfare regime change – or lack of change – in Unemployment Compensation
International Journal of Social Welfare, 2015Co-Authors: Umut Riza OzkanAbstract:Drawing on theoretical accounts of institutional change, this study explored the politics of welfare regime transformation in regard to Turkey's Unemployment Compensation system. By using the institutionalist approach, the study shows that the process of welfare regime change was one of “institutional layering” of Unemployment insurance (UI) over severance pay. Also, the study demonstrates that the economic bureaucracy played a key role in pushing the establishment of UI (state-centric approach) in contrast to the class-based organizations that focused their struggles on the severance pay scheme (power-resource perspective). However, the economic bureaucracy preferred a rudimentary UI design, which prevented UI from undermining the vested interests behind the severance pay scheme. Furthermore, subsequent attempts at the reformation of the severance pay scheme were not successful because the social welfare bureaucracy lacked the capacity to develop a policy alternative to resolve the stalemate between the societal actors. Lastly, the study used the successful severance pay reform experiences of South Korea and Austria to locate the Turkish case within a broader comparative framework.
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Comparing Formal Unemployment Compensation Systems in 15 OECD Countries
Social Policy & Administration, 2013Co-Authors: Umut Riza OzkanAbstract:This study contributes to the welfare regime literature by analyzing Unemployment Compensation programmes – Unemployment insurance (UI)/assistance (UA) programmes and redundancy pay schemes – of welfare state/occupational welfare regimes. It covers 15 countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) selected from Southern European, Liberal, Continental-corporatist and Social Democratic country clusters. In contrast to the common argument that Southern European countries have underdeveloped formal Unemployment Compensation systems, this study argues that they (especially in Spain, Portugal, and to some extent Italy) are comparable in strength to those in Continental-corporatist countries if occupational welfare programmes – notably redundancy pay – are considered alongside welfare state programmes for Unemployment protection. The study also outlines the characteristics of redundancy pay schemes in the four country clusters and shows how different redundancy pay schemes are linked to UI/UA schemes in these clusters.
Tao Zhang - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Does Unemployment Compensation Affect Unemployment Duration
2003Co-Authors: Knut Røed, Tao ZhangAbstract:We use a flexible hazard rate model with unrestricted spell duration and calendar time effects to analyse a dataset including all Norwegian Unemployment spells during the 1990s. The dataset provides a unique access to conditionally independent variation in Unemployment Compensation. We find that a marginal increase in Compensation reduces the escape rate from Unemployment significantly, irrespective of business cycle conditions and spell duration. The escape rate rises sharply in the months just prior to benefit exhaustion. While men are more responsive than women with respect to marginal changes in Compensation, women are most responsive with respect to benefit exhaustion.
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Does Unemployment Compensation Affect Unemployment Duration
The Economic Journal, 2002Co-Authors: Knut Røed, Tao ZhangAbstract:Abstract We use a flexible hazard rate model with unrestricted spell duration and calendar timeeffects to analyse a dataset including all Norwegian Unemployment spells during the1990’s. The dataset provides a unique access to conditionally independent variation inUnemployment Compensation. We find that a marginal increase in Compensation re-duces the escape rate from Unemployment significantly, irrespective of business cycleconditions and spell duration. The escape rate rises sharply in the months just prior tobenefit exhaustion. While men are more responsive than women with respect to mar-ginal changes in Compensation, women are most responsive with respect to benefitexhaustion. Keywords: Unemployment spells, business cycles, Unemployment Compensation, non-parametric duration analysis. JEL Classification: C41, J64 . * The Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research, Oslo. We wish to thank the Re-search Council of Norway for financial support and Christian Brinck, Harald Goldstein, Costas Meghir,Espen Moen, Steinar Strom, Rolf Aaberge and three anonomyous referees for helpful comments. Cor-respondence to: Knut Roed, The Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research, Gaustadalleen 21, 0349Oslo, Norway. E-mail: knut.roed@frisch.uio.no.
Jennifer Hunt - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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The Effect of Unemployment Compensation on Unemployment Duration in Germany
Journal of Labor Economics, 1995Co-Authors: Jennifer HuntAbstract:In West Germany during the 1980s, law changes cut the level of Unemployment Compensation for the unemployed without children and extended the duration of Unemployment insurance for unemployed aged over 41. Analysis of these changes using the German Socioeconomic Panel shows that transitions from Unemployment for those under 49 were particularly responsive to extensions of Unemployment insurance. The implied elasticity for escapes of men to employment is similar to estimates for men in the United States, suggesting that differences in the potential duration of Unemployment insurance only partially explain the difference in spell lengths between Germany and the United States.
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The Effect of Unemployment Compensation on Unemployment Duration in Germany
1992Co-Authors: Jennifer HuntAbstract:In West Germany during the 1980s, law changes cut the level of Unemployment Compensation for the unemployed without children and extended the duration of Unemployment insurance for unemployed aged over forty-one. Analysis of these changes using the German Socioeconomic Panel shows that transitions from Unemployment for those under forty-nine were particularly responsive to extensions of Unemployment insurance. The implied elasticity for escapes of men to employment is similar to estimates for men in the United States, suggesting that differences in the potential duration of Unemployment insurance only partially explain the difference in spell lengths between Germany and the United States. Copyright 1995 by University of Chicago Press.(This abstract was borrowed from another version of this item.)
