National Academy of Social Insurance Cheryl Atkinson January
2006
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A Changing Economy Decline in manufacturing employment as a
percent of total employment. More permanent vs. temporary layoffs.
Average duration higher even during economic expansions.
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Manufacturing Employment as a Percent of Total Employment
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Job Losers Not on Layoff as % of Total Unemployed
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Average Duration of Persons Collecting UI Benefits Calendar
Year
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Reemployment Initiatives Reemployment and Eligibility
Assessments (REAs) Profiling evaluation and improvement
AutoCoder
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Reemployment & Eligibility Assessments Reemployment &
Eligibility Assessments (REAs): Promote quicker reemployment of UI
beneficiaries; and Verify continued eligibility for benefits,
reducing overpayments.
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Reemployment & Eligibility Assessments In person interviews
periodically in One-Stop Centers that include: UI eligibility
review Labor market information Work-search plan Referral to
reemployment services/training when needed.
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States receiving REA Grants REA Grants AK HI PRVI DC SD ND MT
WA OR CA NV ID UT CO WY AZ NM NE KS OK TX MN IA MO AR LA WI IL MI
IN OH MS KY TN ALGA FL SC NC VA PA WV NY ME NH MD DE NJ MA RI CT VT
REA Grant States Included in Study
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Reemployment State Profiling Models Added to Social Security
Act in 1993 Targets claimants at greatest risk of exhausting UI
benefits Refers them to reemployment services early in their
unemployment period
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Reemployment Profiling Research Study Purpose: Evaluate
accuracy of profiling models in predicting UI benefit exhaustion
Develop best practices on implementing model Recent approval by OMB
to collect data Result due end of 2006
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Reemployment AutoCoder Software assigns more accurate
occupational codes to workers filing UI claims. Better matches of
UI beneficiaries skills with available jobs expected. May improve
states profiling models.
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Closing Unemployment insurance is a dynamic program which needs
to keep adapting to the changing character of a tremendously
complex economy. It reflects the problems presented by new and
different types of unemployment growing out of advancing
technology. These problems must usually be solved on the basis of
incomplete information and in the midst of conflicting interests.
Unemployment Insurance in the American Economy, Haber and Murray,
1966.