Paper by Marta Lachowska and Stephen Woodbury appears in the August 2016 issue of Labour Economics

Institute economist Marta Lachowska and senior economist Stephen Woodbury (along with Merve Meral of UMass Dartmouth) have authored a paper that appears in the August 2016 issue of Labour Economics. Titled "Effects of the unemployment insurance work test on long-term employment outcomes," the paper shows that the work test may be helpful for improving the reemployment prospects of lower-wage, permanent job losers.

This paper is based on a report by the same authors for the U.S. Department of Labor titled "The Effects of Eliminating the Work Search Requirement on Job Match Quality and Other Long-Term Employment Outcomes."


Date: August 11, 2016