Unemployment Insurance in the United States: Analysis of Policy Issues Christopher J. O'Leary Stephen A. Wandner, Editors First Chapter | Table of Contents 753 pp. 1997 $70.00 cloth 978-0-88099-174-2 $33.00 paper 978-0-88099-173-5 O'Leary and Wandner offer 15 essays that reflect on policy issues critical to the performance and success of the nation's UI system. Topics include coverage, eligibility, adequacy and duration of benefits, labor market attachment, benefit financing, fraud and abuse, the intersection of UI with other income maintenance programs, federal-state relations (including devolution), and more. "O'Leary and Wandner state their objectives in the preface: 'to present an accessible survey of what is known about how the federal-state system of unemployment insurance (UI) works in the United States and to offer ideas for further improvement to the system.' They have achieved their objectives. Not only do these papers describe how the system works, but they review analyses of the key issues, and suggest options for further research and improvement in the system. I recommend [this book] highly." –Richard A. Hobbie, Monthly Labor Review |