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The Upjohn Institute has investigated the workings and effects of the UI system since 1961. The following list offers links to many of the Institute's research and publications efforts, staff projects, and other sources of information on the nation's UI system. Senior staff/experts Published articles/chapters Working papers Testimony Technical reports and other related documents Articles appearing in the Institute's newsletter Employment Research Employment Research Data Center Research on proposed Personal Reemployment Accounts Books from Upjohn Press Grants in progress Useful links
Senior staff/experts Randall W. Eberts, President Christopher J. O'Leary, Senior Economist Stephen A. Woodbury, Senior Economist back to top Published articles/chapters "Activation from Income Support in the U.S.," by Benno Quade, Christopher J. O'Leary, and Ockert Dupper. In Bringing the Jobless into Work: Experiences with Activation Schemes in Europe and the U.S., Werner Eichhorst, Otto Kaufmann, and Regina Konle-Seidl, eds. Berlin: Springer, pp. 345-414, 2008. "State UI Job Search Rules and Reemployment Services.” Christopher J. O'Leary. Monthly Labor Review 129(6): 27-37, 2006. "Cost-Effectiveness of Targeted Reemployment Bonuses." Christopher J. O'Leary, Paul T. Decker, and Stephen A. Wandner. Journal of Human Resources 40(1): 270-279, 2005. "A New WPRS Profiling Model for Michigan." Randall W. Eberts and Christopher J. O'Leary. In A Compilation of Selected Papers from The Employment and Training Administration’s 2003 Biennial National Research Conference, J. Riley, A. Branch, S. Wandner, and W. Gordon, eds. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Office of Policy Development, Evaluation and Research, pp. 130-184, 2004. "A Frontline Decision Support System for Georgia Career Centers." Randall W. Eberts and Christopher J. O'Leary. A Compilation of Selected Papers from The Employment and Training Administration’s 2003 Biennial National Research Conference, J. Riley, A. Branch, S. Wandner, and W. Gordon, eds. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Office of Policy Development, Evaluation and Research, pp. 80-129, 2004. "Intergovernmental Relations in Employment Policy: The United States Experience." Christopher J. O'Leary and Robert A. Straits. In Federalism and Labour Market Policy, Alain Noël, ed., Montreal: McGill and Queen's University Press, pp. 25-82, 2004. "Unemployment Compensation and Older Workers." Christopher J. O'Leary and Stephen A. Wandner. In Ensuring Health and Income Security for an Aging Workforce, P. Budetti, R. Burkhauser, J. Gregory, and H.A. Hunt, eds. Kalamazoo, MI: W.E. Upjohn Institute, pp. 85-133, 2001. "New Ways of Evaluating State Unemployment Insurance." Robert Tannenwald, Christopher J. O'Leary, Wei-Jang Huang. New England Economic Review March/April: 15-40, 1999. "An Econometric Analysis of Unemployment Insurance Benefits Adequacy." Christopher J. O'Leary. In Research in Employment Policy, Volume I: Reform of the Unemployment Insurance System, L. Bassi and S. Woodbury, eds. Stamford, CT: JAI Press, pp. 63-110, 1998. "Unemployment Insurance Policy in New England: Background and Issues." Robert Tannenwald and Christopher J. O'Leary. New England Economic Review, May/June: 1-20, 1997. "Optimal Unemployment Insurance." Carl Davidson and Stephen A. Woodbury. Journal of Public Economics, 64(June): 359-387, 1997. "Design of the Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services System and Evaluation in Michigan." Randall W. Eberts and Christopher J. O'Leary. In Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services (WPRS) Systems: National WPRS Colloquium, June 1996: Selected Papers and Materials. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, pp. 187-200, 1996. "Evaluating Pooled Evidence from the Reemployment Bonus Experiments." Paul T. Decker and Christopher J. O'Leary. Journal of Human Resources 30(3): 534-550, 1995. "Reemployment Incentives for Unemployment Insurance Beneficiaries: Results from the Washington Reemployment Bonus Experiment." Christopher J. O'Leary, Robert G. Spiegelman, and Kenneth J. Kline. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 14(2): 245-269, 1995. "The Displacement Effect of Reemployment Bonus Programs." Carl Davidson and Stephen A. Woodbury. Journal of Labor Economics 11(4): 575-605, 1993. back to top Working papers Employment and Training Policy in the United States during the Economic Crisis, Christopher J. O'Leary and Randall W. Eberts [ Abstract \| Full Text ] Methodology for Adjusting GPRA Workforce Development Program Performance Targets for the Effects of Business Cycles, Timothy J. Bartik, Randall W. Eberts, and Wei-Jang Huang (09-154), 2009. [ Abstract \| Full Text ] Estimating a Performance Standards Adjustment Model for Workforce Programs that Provides Timely Feedback and Uses Data from Only One State, Timothy J. Bartik, Randall Eberts, and Ken Kline (WP09-144), 2009. [ Abstract \| Full Text ] Reemployment and Earnings Recovery among Older Unemployment Insurance Claimants, Christopher J. O'Leary and Randall W. Eberts (WP07-133), 2007. [ Abstract \| Full Text ] Do Job Search Rules and Reemployment Services Reduce Insured Unemployment?, Christopher J. O'Leary and Stephen A. Wandner (WP05-112), 2005. [ Abstract \| Full Text ] NOTE: A revised version of this paper titled “State UI Job Search Rules and Reemployment Services” appears in Monthly Labor Review 129(6): 27-37, 2006. Evaluating Job Training in Two Chinese Cities, Benu Bidani, Niels-Hugo Blunch, Chor-ching Goh, and Christopher J. O'Leary (WP05-111), 2000. [ Abstract \| Full Text ] Personal Reemployment Accounts: Simulations for Planning Implementation, Christopher J. O'Leary and Randall W. Eberts (WP04-110), 2004. [ Abstract \| Full Text ] This paper is available as U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Occasional Paper 2004-08. It can be found at: http://www.doleta.gov/reports/searcheta/occ/papers/final2004-08.pdf. A New WPRS Profiling Model for Michigan , Randall W. Eberts and Christopher J. O'Leary (WP04-102), 2003. [ Abstract \| Full Text ] NOTE: A revised version of this paper appears in A Compilation of Selected Papers from The Employment and Training Administration’s 2003 Biennial National Research Conference, J. Riley, A. Branch, S. Wandner, and W. Gordon, eds., Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Office of Policy Development, Evaluation and Research. 2004, pp. 130-184. Cost-Effectiveness of Targeted Reemployment Bonuses, Christopher J. O'Leary, Paul T. Decker, and Stephen A. Wandner (WP03-51), 2003. Note: This is an update of WP98-51. [ Abstract \| Full Text ] NOTE: The final version of this paper appears in Journal of Human Resources, 40(1): 270-279, 2005. A Frontline Decision Support System for Georgia Career Centers, Randall W. Eberts and Christopher J. O'Leary (WP02-84), 2002. [ Abstract \| Full Text ] NOTE: A revised version of this paper appears in A Compilation of Selected Papers from The Employment and Training Administration’s 2003 Biennial National Research Conference, J. Riley, A. Branch, S. Wandner, and W. Gordon, eds., Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Office of Policy Development, Evaluation and Research. 2004, pp. 80-129. Alternative Measures of State UI Systems, Christopher J. O'Leary, Robert Tannenwald, Wei-Jang Huang, and Pei Zhu (WP00-62), 2000. [ Abstract \| Full Text ] NOTE: A revised version of this paper titled "New Ways of Evaluating State Unemployment Insurance" was published in New England Economic Review, March/April 1999: 15-40. Unemployment Compensation and Older Workers, Christopher J. O'Leary and Stephen A. Wandner (WP00-61), 2000. [ Abstract \| Full Text ] NOTE: A revised version of this paper appears in Ensuring Health and Income Security for an Aging Workforce, P. Budetti, R. Burkhauser, J. Gregory, and H.A. Hunt, eds. Kalamazoo, MI: W.E. Upjohn Institute, 2001, pp. 85-133. Intergovernmental Relations in Employment Policy: The United States Experience, Christopher J. O'Leary and Robert A. Straits (WP00-60), 2000. [ Abstract \| Full Text ] NOTE: A revised version of this paper appears in Federalism and Labour Market Policy, Alain Noël, ed., Montreal: McGill and Queen's University Press. 2004, pp. 25-82. The Use of Profiling to Target Services in State Welfare-to-Work Programs: An Example of Process and Implementation, Randall W. Eberts (WP98-052), 1997. [ Abstract \| Full Text ] Reemployment Bonuses and Profiling, Christopher J. O'Leary, Paul Decker, and Stephen A. Wandner (WP98-051), 1997. [ Abstract \| Full Text ] Unemployment Insurance Policy in New England: Background and Issues, Robert Tannenwald and Christopher J. O'Leary (WP97-049), 1997. [ Abstract \| Full Text ] NOTE: A revised version of this paper was published in New England Economic Review, May/June 1997: 1-20. The Optimal Dole with Risk Aversion and Job Destruction, Carl Davidson and Stephen A. Woodbury (WP97-047),1997. [ Abstract \| Full Text ] Unemployment Insurance and Unemployment: Implications of the Reemployment Bonus Experiments, Carl Davidson and Stephen A. Woodbury (WP96-044), 1996. [ Abstract \| Full Text ] Design of the Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services System and Evaluation in Michigan, Randall W. Eberts and Christopher J. O'Leary (WP96-041), 1996. [ Abstract \| Full Text ] NOTE: A revised version of this paper appears in Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services (WPRS) Systems: National WPRS Colloquium, June 1996: Selected Papers and Materials. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, 1996, pp. 187-200. Optimal Unemployment Insurance, Carl Davidson and Stephen A. Woodbury (WP95-035), 1995. [ Abstract \| Full Text ] NOTE: A revised version of this paper appears in Journal of Public Economics, 64(June): 359-387, 1997. Wage-Rate Subsidies for Dislocated Workers, Carl Davidson and Stephen A. Woodbury (WP95-031), 1995. [ Abstract \| Full Text ] Evaluating Pooled Evidence from the Reemployment Bonus Experiments, Paul T. Decker and Christopher J. O'Leary (WP94-028), 1994. [ Abstract \| Full Text ] NOTE: A revised version of this paper appears in Journal of Human Resources 30(3): 534-550, 1995. Reemployment Incentives for Unemployment Insurance Beneficiaries: Results from the Washington Reemployment Bonus Experiment, Christopher J. O'Leary, Robert G. Spiegelman, and Kenneth J. Kline (WP93-022), 1993. [ Abstract \| Full Text ] NOTE: A revised version of this paper appears in Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 14(2): 245-269, 1995. Congressional Testimony on the Effectiveness of the Employment Service in Aiding UI Claimants, Louis S. Jacobson (WP91-008), 1991. [ Abstract \| Full Text ] An Econometric Analysis of Unemployment Insurance Benefits Adequacy, Christopher J. O'Leary (WP90-005), 1990. [ Abstract \| Full Text ] NOTE: A revised version of this paper appears in Research in Employment Policy, Volume I: Reform of the Unemployment Insurance System, L. Bassi and S. Woodbury, eds. Stamford, CT: JAI Press, 1998, pp. 63-110. The Displacement Effect of Reemployment Bonus Programs, Carl Davidson and Stephen A. Woodbury (WP90-002), 1990. [ Abstract \| Full Text ] NOTE: A revised version of this paper appears in Journal of Labor Economics 11(4): 575-605, 1993. back to top Testimony Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Human Resources of the House Committee on Ways and Means, by Christopher J. O'Leary, on the Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services (WPRS) system, April 10, 2003. Unemployment Insurance Overpayments and Underpayments. Testimony prepared by Stephen A. Woodbury for Hearings on Unemployment Fraud and Abuse, Human Resources Subcommittee, House Committee on Ways and Means, June 11, 2002. back to top Technical reports and other related documents Use of Unemployment Insurance and Employment Services by Newly Unemployed Leavers from Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Employment and Training occasional paper 2010-07, December 2009. The Wagner-Peyser Act and U.S. Employment Service: Seventy-Five Years of Matching Job Seekers and Employers, with Randall W. Eberts, prepared for the National Association of State Workforce Agencies, Washington, DC, January 2009. UI as a Safety Net for Former TANF Recipients, a report submitted to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE), 2008. Design, Implementation, and Evaluation of the Work First Profiling Pilot Project, by Randall W. Eberts, March 2002. Conceptual Framework for an Optimal Labour Market Information System: Final Report, James F. Woods and Christopher J. O'Leary (TR07-022), 80 pp. December 2006. Trend and Cycle Analysis of Unemployment Insurance and the Employment Service, Wayne Vroman and Stephen A. Woodbury, (Technical report 006-019), 148 pp., 1997. Suggested Rules for an Unemployment Insurance Law for Poland, Christopher J. O'Leary, (Technical report 00097-011), 58 pp., 1997. The Adequacy of Unemployment Benefits,Christopher J. O'Leary, (Technical report 00095-006), 59 pp., 1995. For information on how to order technical reports please contact our Customer Service department. back to top Employment Research Unemployment after Welfare Reform, Christopher J. O'Leary Improving Performance Measures for the Nation's Workforce Development System, Randall W. Eberts, 2009 Tools to Transform the Workforce Development System, Randall W. Eberts and Christopher J. O'Leary, 2009 Principles of Labor Market Information, by James Woods and Christopher O'Leary, 2007. Personal Reemployment Accounts, by Christopher J. O'Leary and Randall W. Eberts, 2004 Extended Unemployment Benefits, by Wayne Vroman, Jeffrey B. Wenger, and Stephen A. Woodbury, 2003. New Directions in Reemployment Policy, by Stephen A. Woodbury, 2000. U.S. Unemployment Insurance: Progress and Prospects, by Christopher J. O'Leary, 2000. "Targeting Employment Services" Conference, by Randall W.Eberts, Christopher J. O'Leary, and Stephen A. Wandner, 1999. Profiling for Reemployment Bonus Offers, by Christopher J. O'Leary, 1998. Profiling Unemployment Insurance Beneficiaries, by Randall W. Eberts and Christopher J. O'Leary, 1996. Contact our Customer Service department for your free subscription. back to top Employment Research Data Center With the cooperation and assistance of the U.S. Department of Labor, the Upjohn Institute is serving as the repository of many research and evaluation projects conducted by the DOL, including data from the reemployment bonus experiments. Data (along with specific information related to it) and final reports are offered on CD-ROM. Available are Assisting Unemployment Insurance Claimants: The Long-Term Impact of the Job Search Assistance Demonstration The Lifelong Learning Demonstration Evaluating the Effectiveness of Active Labor Programs in Hungary Evaluating the Effectiveness of Active Labor Programs in Poland JTPA Standardized Program Information Report (SPIR) Program Years 1996-1999 Evaluation of Short-Time Compensation Programs The Washington Reemployment Bonus Experiment The Pennsylvania Reemployment Bonus Demonstration The Illinois Unemployment Insurance Incentive Experiments Study of Unemployment Insurance Exhaustees Continuous Longitudinal Manpower Surveys An Analysis of UI Recipients' Unemployment Spells The National Job Corps Study The National JTPA Study back to top Research on proposed Personal Reemployment Accounts Personal Reemployment Accounts: Simulations for Planning Implementation, Christopher J. O'Leary and Randall W. Eberts (Working paper 04-110), 2004. Cost-Effectiveness of Targeted Reemployment Bonuses, Christopher J. O'Leary, Paul Decker, and Stephen A. Wandner (Working paper 03-51), 2003. Reemployment Bonuses in the Unemployment Insurance System: Evidence from Three Field Experiments, Philip K. Robins and Robert G. Spiegelman, Editors, 2001. Unemployment Insurance and Unemployment: Implications of the Reemployment Bonus Experiments, Carl Davidson and Stephen A. Woodbury (Working paper 96-44), 1996. Links to U.S Department of Labor Reports on Reemployment Bonus Demonstrations Pennsylvania Reemployment Bonus Demonstration Final Report, Unemployment Insurance Occasional Paper 92-1, U.S. Department of Labor, ETA, UI Service (NOTE: The size of this file is 10.1 MB.) The Washington Reemployment Bonus Experiment Final Report, Unemployment Insurance Occasional Paper 92-6, U.S. Department of Labor, ETA, UI Service (NOTE: The size of this file is 14.3 MB.) An Analysis of Pooled Evidence from the Pennsylvania and Washington Reemployment Bonus Demonstrations, Unemployment Insurance Occasional Paper 92-7, U.S. Department of Labor, ETA. UI Service (NOTE: The size of this file is 8 MB.) ...also of interest Targeting Employment Services, Randall W. Eberts, Christopher J. O'Leary, and Stephen A. Wandner, Editors. 2002. Unemployment Insurance in the United States: Analysis of Policy Issues, Christopher J. O'Leary, and Stephen A. Wandner, Editors, 1997. Design of the Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services System and Evaluation in Michigan, Randall W. Eberts and Christopher J. O'Leary (Working paper 96-41), 1996. Bonuses to Workers and Employers to Reduce Unemployment: Randomized Trials in Illinois, Stephen A. Woodbury and Robert G. Spiegelman. 1987. American Economic Review 77(4): 513-530. Books from Upjohn Press Unemployment Compensation Throughout the World: A Comparative Analysis, Wayne Vroman and Vera Brusentsev, 2005 - read the first chapter now. Labor Exchange Policy in the United States, David E. Balducchi, Randall W. Eberts, and Christopher J. O'Leary, Editors, 2004 - read the first chapter now. Targeting Employment Services, Randall W. Eberts, Christopher J. O'Leary, and Stephen A. Wandner, Editors, 2002 - read the first chapter now. Reemployment Bonuses in the Unemployment Insurance System: Evidence from Three Field Experiments, Philip K. Robins and Robert G. Spiegelman, Editors, 2001. Topics in Unemployment Insurance Financing, Wayne Vroman, 1998. Unemployment Insurance in the United States: Analysis of Policy Issues, Christopher J. O'Leary and Stephen A. Wandner, Editors, 1997. Permanent Job Loss and the U.S. System of Financing Unemployment Insurance, Frank P. Brechling and Louise Laurence, 1995.- read the first chapter now. Unemployment Insurance in the United States: The First Half Century, Saul J. Blaustein, 1993. Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund Adequacy in the 1990's, Wayne Vroman, 1990. The Conflict Between Equilibrium and Disequilibrium Theories: The Case of the U.S. Labor Market, Richard E. Quandt and Harvey S. Rosen, 1988. An Incentives Approach to Improving the Unemployment Compensation System, Paul L. Burgess and Jerry L. Kingston, 1987. back to top Grants in progress Wayne Vroman, Urban Institute, Analysis of Unemployment Insurance Benefit Financing and the Financing of Unemployment Insurance Administrative Activities Jeff Smith, University of Michigan, Evaluating Participant Self-Evaluation Brian P. McCall, University of Minnesota, How Important are the Incentive Effects of Unemployment Insurance? Implications for Public Policy For information on the Institute's Grant Program. Useful links Targeting Employment Services U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment and Training Administration Information Technology Support Center National Association of State Workforce Agencies National Academy of Social Insurance back to top Institute Home Page About the Institute \| Research Programs \| What's New at the Institute Books \| Working Papers \| Employment Research Newsletter \| Technical Reports Dissertation Award \| Grant Program West Michigan Economy \| Media Center \| Customer Service Employment Research Data Center Please e-mail your comments and suggestions to webmaster@upjohninstitute.org Copyright © 1999-2009 W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research This file last updated on April 28, 2010.

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The Upjohn Institute has investigated the workings and effects of the UI system since 1961. The following list offers links to many of the Institute's research and publications efforts, staff projects, and other sources of information on the nation's UI system.

Senior staff/experts
Published articles/chapters
Working papers
Testimony
Technical reports and other related documents
Articles appearing in the Institute's newsletter Employment Research
Employment Research Data Center
Research on proposed Personal Reemployment Accounts
Books from Upjohn Press
Grants in progress
Useful links

Senior staff/experts

Randall W. Eberts, President
Christopher J. O'Leary, Senior Economist
Stephen A. Woodbury, Senior Economist

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Published articles/chapters

"Activation from Income Support in the U.S.," by Benno Quade, Christopher J. O'Leary, and Ockert Dupper. In Bringing the Jobless into Work: Experiences with Activation Schemes in Europe and the U.S., Werner Eichhorst, Otto Kaufmann, and Regina Konle-Seidl, eds. Berlin: Springer, pp. 345-414, 2008.
"State UI Job Search Rules and Reemployment Services.” Christopher J. O'Leary. Monthly Labor Review 129(6): 27-37, 2006.
"Cost-Effectiveness of Targeted Reemployment Bonuses." Christopher J. O'Leary, Paul T. Decker, and Stephen A. Wandner. Journal of Human Resources 40(1): 270-279, 2005.
"A New WPRS Profiling Model for Michigan." Randall W. Eberts and Christopher J. O'Leary. In A Compilation of Selected Papers from The Employment and Training Administration’s 2003 Biennial National Research Conference, J. Riley, A. Branch, S. Wandner, and W. Gordon, eds. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Office of Policy Development, Evaluation and Research, pp. 130-184, 2004.
"A Frontline Decision Support System for Georgia Career Centers." Randall W. Eberts and Christopher J. O'Leary. A Compilation of Selected Papers from The Employment and Training Administration’s 2003 Biennial National Research Conference, J. Riley, A. Branch, S. Wandner, and W. Gordon, eds. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Office of Policy Development, Evaluation and Research, pp. 80-129, 2004.
"Intergovernmental Relations in Employment Policy: The United States Experience." Christopher J. O'Leary and Robert A. Straits. In Federalism and Labour Market Policy, Alain Noël, ed., Montreal: McGill and Queen's University Press, pp. 25-82, 2004.
"Unemployment Compensation and Older Workers." Christopher J. O'Leary and Stephen A. Wandner. In Ensuring Health and Income Security for an Aging Workforce, P. Budetti, R. Burkhauser, J. Gregory, and H.A. Hunt, eds. Kalamazoo, MI: W.E. Upjohn Institute, pp. 85-133, 2001.
"New Ways of Evaluating State Unemployment Insurance." Robert Tannenwald, Christopher J. O'Leary, Wei-Jang Huang. New England Economic Review March/April: 15-40, 1999.
"An Econometric Analysis of Unemployment Insurance Benefits Adequacy." Christopher J. O'Leary. In Research in Employment Policy, Volume I: Reform of the Unemployment Insurance System, L. Bassi and S. Woodbury, eds. Stamford, CT: JAI Press, pp. 63-110, 1998.
"Unemployment Insurance Policy in New England: Background and Issues." Robert Tannenwald and Christopher J. O'Leary. New England Economic Review, May/June: 1-20, 1997.
"Optimal Unemployment Insurance." Carl Davidson and Stephen A. Woodbury. Journal of Public Economics, 64(June): 359-387, 1997.
"Design of the Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services System and Evaluation in Michigan." Randall W. Eberts and Christopher J. O'Leary. In Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services (WPRS) Systems: National WPRS Colloquium, June 1996: Selected Papers and Materials. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, pp. 187-200, 1996.
"Evaluating Pooled Evidence from the Reemployment Bonus Experiments." Paul T. Decker and Christopher J. O'Leary. Journal of Human Resources 30(3): 534-550, 1995.
"Reemployment Incentives for Unemployment Insurance Beneficiaries: Results from the Washington Reemployment Bonus Experiment." Christopher J. O'Leary, Robert G. Spiegelman, and Kenneth J. Kline. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 14(2): 245-269, 1995.
"The Displacement Effect of Reemployment Bonus Programs." Carl Davidson and Stephen A. Woodbury. Journal of Labor Economics 11(4): 575-605, 1993.

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Working papers

Employment and Training Policy in the United States during the Economic Crisis, Christopher J. O'Leary and Randall W. Eberts [ Abstract | Full Text ]
Methodology for Adjusting GPRA Workforce Development Program Performance Targets for the Effects of Business Cycles, Timothy J. Bartik, Randall W. Eberts, and Wei-Jang Huang (09-154), 2009. [ Abstract | Full Text ]
Estimating a Performance Standards Adjustment Model for Workforce Programs that Provides Timely Feedback and Uses Data from Only One State, Timothy J. Bartik, Randall Eberts, and Ken Kline (WP09-144), 2009. [ Abstract | Full Text ]
Reemployment and Earnings Recovery among Older Unemployment Insurance Claimants, Christopher J. O'Leary and Randall W. Eberts (WP07-133), 2007. [ Abstract | Full Text ]
Do Job Search Rules and Reemployment Services Reduce Insured Unemployment?, Christopher J. O'Leary and Stephen A. Wandner (WP05-112), 2005. [ Abstract | Full Text ] NOTE: A revised version of this paper titled “State UI Job Search Rules and Reemployment Services” appears in Monthly Labor Review 129(6): 27-37, 2006.
Evaluating Job Training in Two Chinese Cities, Benu Bidani, Niels-Hugo Blunch, Chor-ching Goh, and Christopher J. O'Leary (WP05-111), 2000. [ Abstract | Full Text ]
Personal Reemployment Accounts: Simulations for Planning Implementation, Christopher J. O'Leary and Randall W. Eberts (WP04-110), 2004. [ Abstract | Full Text ] This paper is available as U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Occasional Paper 2004-08. It can be found at: http://www.doleta.gov/reports/searcheta/occ/papers/final2004-08.pdf.
A New WPRS Profiling Model for Michigan , Randall W. Eberts and Christopher J. O'Leary (WP04-102), 2003. [ Abstract | Full Text ] NOTE: A revised version of this paper appears in A Compilation of Selected Papers from The Employment and Training Administration’s 2003 Biennial National Research Conference, J. Riley, A. Branch, S. Wandner, and W. Gordon, eds., Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Office of Policy Development, Evaluation and Research. 2004, pp. 130-184.
Cost-Effectiveness of Targeted Reemployment Bonuses, Christopher J. O'Leary, Paul T. Decker, and Stephen A. Wandner (WP03-51), 2003. Note: This is an update of WP98-51. [ Abstract | Full Text ] NOTE: The final version of this paper appears in Journal of Human Resources, 40(1): 270-279, 2005.
A Frontline Decision Support System for Georgia Career Centers, Randall W. Eberts and Christopher J. O'Leary (WP02-84), 2002. [ Abstract | Full Text ] NOTE: A revised version of this paper appears in A Compilation of Selected Papers from The Employment and Training Administration’s 2003 Biennial National Research Conference, J. Riley, A. Branch, S. Wandner, and W. Gordon, eds., Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Office of Policy Development, Evaluation and Research. 2004, pp. 80-129.
Alternative Measures of State UI Systems, Christopher J. O'Leary, Robert Tannenwald, Wei-Jang Huang, and Pei Zhu (WP00-62), 2000. [ Abstract | Full Text ] NOTE: A revised version of this paper titled "New Ways of Evaluating State Unemployment Insurance" was published in New England Economic Review, March/April 1999: 15-40.
Unemployment Compensation and Older Workers, Christopher J. O'Leary and Stephen A. Wandner (WP00-61), 2000. [ Abstract | Full Text ] NOTE: A revised version of this paper appears in Ensuring Health and Income Security for an Aging Workforce, P. Budetti, R. Burkhauser, J. Gregory, and H.A. Hunt, eds. Kalamazoo, MI: W.E. Upjohn Institute, 2001, pp. 85-133.
Intergovernmental Relations in Employment Policy: The United States Experience, Christopher J. O'Leary and Robert A. Straits (WP00-60), 2000. [ Abstract | Full Text ] NOTE: A revised version of this paper appears in Federalism and Labour Market Policy, Alain Noël, ed., Montreal: McGill and Queen's University Press. 2004, pp. 25-82.
The Use of Profiling to Target Services in State Welfare-to-Work Programs: An Example of Process and Implementation, Randall W. Eberts (WP98-052), 1997.
[ Abstract | Full Text ]
Reemployment Bonuses and Profiling, Christopher J. O'Leary, Paul Decker, and Stephen A. Wandner (WP98-051), 1997.
[ Abstract | Full Text ]
Unemployment Insurance Policy in New England: Background and Issues, Robert Tannenwald and Christopher J. O'Leary (WP97-049), 1997.
[ Abstract | Full Text ] NOTE: A revised version of this paper was published in New England Economic Review, May/June 1997: 1-20.
The Optimal Dole with Risk Aversion and Job Destruction, Carl Davidson and Stephen A. Woodbury (WP97-047),1997.
[ Abstract | Full Text ]
Unemployment Insurance and Unemployment: Implications of the Reemployment Bonus Experiments, Carl Davidson and Stephen A. Woodbury (WP96-044), 1996.
[ Abstract | Full Text ]
Design of the Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services System and Evaluation in Michigan, Randall W. Eberts and Christopher J. O'Leary (WP96-041), 1996.
[ Abstract | Full Text ] NOTE: A revised version of this paper appears in Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services (WPRS) Systems: National WPRS Colloquium, June 1996: Selected Papers and Materials. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, 1996, pp. 187-200.
Optimal Unemployment Insurance, Carl Davidson and Stephen A. Woodbury (WP95-035), 1995.
[ Abstract | Full Text ] NOTE: A revised version of this paper appears in Journal of Public Economics, 64(June): 359-387, 1997.
Wage-Rate Subsidies for Dislocated Workers, Carl Davidson and Stephen A. Woodbury (WP95-031), 1995.
[ Abstract | Full Text ]
Evaluating Pooled Evidence from the Reemployment Bonus Experiments, Paul T. Decker and Christopher J. O'Leary (WP94-028), 1994.
[ Abstract | Full Text ] NOTE: A revised version of this paper appears in Journal of Human Resources 30(3): 534-550, 1995.
Reemployment Incentives for Unemployment Insurance Beneficiaries: Results from the Washington Reemployment Bonus Experiment, Christopher J. O'Leary, Robert G. Spiegelman, and Kenneth J. Kline (WP93-022), 1993.
[ Abstract | Full Text ] NOTE: A revised version of this paper appears in Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 14(2): 245-269, 1995.
Congressional Testimony on the Effectiveness of the Employment Service in Aiding UI Claimants, Louis S. Jacobson (WP91-008), 1991.
[ Abstract | Full Text ]
An Econometric Analysis of Unemployment Insurance Benefits Adequacy, Christopher J. O'Leary (WP90-005), 1990.
[ Abstract | Full Text ] NOTE: A revised version of this paper appears in Research in Employment Policy, Volume I: Reform of the Unemployment Insurance System, L. Bassi and S. Woodbury, eds. Stamford, CT: JAI Press, 1998, pp. 63-110.
The Displacement Effect of Reemployment Bonus Programs, Carl Davidson and Stephen A. Woodbury (WP90-002), 1990.
[ Abstract | Full Text ] NOTE: A revised version of this paper appears in Journal of Labor Economics 11(4): 575-605, 1993.

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Testimony

Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Human Resources of the House Committee on Ways and Means, by Christopher J. O'Leary, on the Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services (WPRS) system, April 10, 2003.
Unemployment Insurance Overpayments and Underpayments. Testimony prepared by Stephen A. Woodbury for Hearings on Unemployment Fraud and Abuse, Human Resources Subcommittee, House Committee on Ways and Means, June 11, 2002.

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Technical reports and other related documents

Use of Unemployment Insurance and Employment Services by Newly Unemployed Leavers from Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Employment and Training occasional paper 2010-07, December 2009.
The Wagner-Peyser Act and U.S. Employment Service: Seventy-Five Years of Matching Job Seekers and Employers, with Randall W. Eberts, prepared for the National Association of State Workforce Agencies, Washington, DC, January 2009.
UI as a Safety Net for Former TANF Recipients, a report submitted to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE), 2008.
Design, Implementation, and Evaluation of the Work First Profiling Pilot Project,
by Randall W. Eberts, March 2002.
Conceptual Framework for an Optimal Labour Market Information System: Final Report, James F. Woods and Christopher J. O'Leary (TR07-022), 80 pp. December 2006.
Trend and Cycle Analysis of Unemployment Insurance and the Employment Service, Wayne Vroman and Stephen A. Woodbury, (Technical report 006-019), 148 pp., 1997.
Suggested Rules for an Unemployment Insurance Law for Poland, Christopher J. O'Leary, (Technical report 00097-011), 58 pp., 1997.
The Adequacy of Unemployment Benefits,Christopher J. O'Leary, (Technical report 00095-006), 59 pp., 1995.

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Employment Research

Unemployment after Welfare Reform, Christopher J. O'Leary
Improving Performance Measures for the Nation's Workforce Development System, Randall W. Eberts, 2009
Tools to Transform the Workforce Development System, Randall W. Eberts and Christopher J. O'Leary, 2009
Principles of Labor Market Information, by James Woods and Christopher O'Leary, 2007.
Personal Reemployment Accounts, by Christopher J. O'Leary and Randall W. Eberts, 2004
Extended Unemployment Benefits, by Wayne Vroman, Jeffrey B. Wenger, and Stephen A. Woodbury, 2003.
New Directions in Reemployment Policy, by Stephen A. Woodbury, 2000.
U.S. Unemployment Insurance: Progress and Prospects, by Christopher J. O'Leary, 2000.
"Targeting Employment Services" Conference, by Randall W.Eberts, Christopher J. O'Leary, and Stephen A. Wandner, 1999.
Profiling for Reemployment Bonus Offers, by Christopher J. O'Leary, 1998.
Profiling Unemployment Insurance Beneficiaries, by Randall W. Eberts and Christopher J. O'Leary, 1996.

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Employment Research Data Center

With the cooperation and assistance of the U.S. Department of Labor, the Upjohn Institute is serving as the repository of many research and evaluation projects conducted by the DOL, including data from the reemployment bonus experiments. Data (along with specific information related to it) and final reports are offered on CD-ROM. Available are

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Research on proposed Personal Reemployment Accounts

Personal Reemployment Accounts: Simulations for Planning Implementation, Christopher J. O'Leary and Randall W. Eberts (Working paper 04-110), 2004.
Cost-Effectiveness of Targeted Reemployment Bonuses, Christopher J. O'Leary, Paul Decker, and Stephen A. Wandner (Working paper 03-51), 2003.
Reemployment Bonuses in the Unemployment Insurance System: Evidence from Three Field Experiments, Philip K. Robins and Robert G. Spiegelman, Editors, 2001.
Unemployment Insurance and Unemployment: Implications of the Reemployment Bonus Experiments, Carl Davidson and Stephen A. Woodbury (Working paper 96-44), 1996.
Links to U.S Department of Labor Reports on Reemployment Bonus Demonstrations
- Pennsylvania Reemployment Bonus Demonstration Final Report, Unemployment Insurance Occasional Paper 92-1, U.S. Department of Labor, ETA, UI Service (NOTE: The size of this file is 10.1 MB.)
- The Washington Reemployment Bonus Experiment Final Report, Unemployment Insurance Occasional Paper 92-6, U.S. Department of Labor, ETA, UI Service (NOTE: The size of this file is 14.3 MB.)
- An Analysis of Pooled Evidence from the Pennsylvania and Washington Reemployment Bonus Demonstrations, Unemployment Insurance Occasional Paper 92-7, U.S. Department of Labor, ETA. UI Service (NOTE: The size of this file is 8 MB.)
...also of interest
Targeting Employment Services, Randall W. Eberts, Christopher J. O'Leary, and Stephen A. Wandner, Editors. 2002.
Unemployment Insurance in the United States: Analysis of Policy Issues, Christopher J. O'Leary, and Stephen A. Wandner, Editors, 1997.
Design of the Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services System and Evaluation in Michigan, Randall W. Eberts and Christopher J. O'Leary (Working paper 96-41), 1996.
Bonuses to Workers and Employers to Reduce Unemployment: Randomized Trials in Illinois, Stephen A. Woodbury and Robert G. Spiegelman. 1987. American Economic Review 77(4): 513-530.

Books from Upjohn Press

Unemployment Compensation Throughout the World: A Comparative Analysis, Wayne Vroman and Vera Brusentsev, 2005 - read the first chapter now.
Labor Exchange Policy in the United States, David E. Balducchi, Randall W. Eberts, and Christopher J. O'Leary, Editors, 2004 - read the first chapter now.
Targeting Employment Services, Randall W. Eberts, Christopher J. O'Leary, and Stephen A. Wandner, Editors, 2002 - read the first chapter now.
Reemployment Bonuses in the Unemployment Insurance System: Evidence from Three Field Experiments, Philip K. Robins and Robert G. Spiegelman, Editors, 2001.
Topics in Unemployment Insurance Financing, Wayne Vroman, 1998.
Unemployment Insurance in the United States: Analysis of Policy Issues, Christopher J. O'Leary and Stephen A. Wandner, Editors, 1997.
Permanent Job Loss and the U.S. System of Financing Unemployment Insurance, Frank P. Brechling and Louise Laurence, 1995.- read the first chapter now.
Unemployment Insurance in the United States: The First Half Century, Saul J. Blaustein, 1993.
Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund Adequacy in the 1990's, Wayne Vroman, 1990.
The Conflict Between Equilibrium and Disequilibrium Theories: The Case of the U.S. Labor Market, Richard E. Quandt and Harvey S. Rosen, 1988.
An Incentives Approach to Improving the Unemployment Compensation System, Paul L. Burgess and Jerry L. Kingston, 1987.

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Grants in progress

Wayne Vroman, Urban Institute, Analysis of Unemployment Insurance Benefit Financing and the Financing of Unemployment Insurance Administrative Activities
Jeff Smith, University of Michigan, Evaluating Participant Self-Evaluation
Brian P. McCall, University of Minnesota, How Important are the Incentive Effects of Unemployment Insurance? Implications for Public Policy

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