Research Highlights

ForeWARNing? Michigan’s Announced Mass Layoffs Under the WARN Act

May 13, 2020 · Research Highlight

Initial unemployment claims decline substantially nationally and in Michigan

May 11, 2020 · Research Highlight

An updated proposal for timely, responsive federal aid to state and local governments during the pandemic recession

May 8, 2020 · Research Highlight

Hardest-hit metros may never recover fully from recessions

May 7, 2020 · Research Highlight

Financing Michigan Unemployment in the Pandemic: A Case for Federal Aid to States

May 6, 2020 · Research Highlight

The trade-offs between health and the economy during the COVID-19 pandemic

May 5, 2020 · Research Highlight

Abandoning federal-state structure one option to make unemployment insurance system fairer, paper argues

May 1, 2020 · Research Highlight

Michigan’s Free-College Promise to Essential Workers

May 1, 2020 · Research Highlight

Initial unemployment claims slowed nationally and in Michigan but remain near record levels

April 30, 2020 · Research Highlight

What Will the Unemployment Rate Be in the Next Jobs Report?

April 28, 2020 · Research Highlight

How the COVID-19 Stimulus Packages Compensate Health Care Providers

April 28, 2020 · Research Highlight

Half of Michigan's construction workers have filed for unemployment insurance since March 15

April 23, 2020 · Research Highlight

Unemployment Claims by Occupation: What We Can Learn from Minnesota

April 22, 2020 · Research Highlight

A proposal for timely, responsive federal aid to state and local governments during the pandemic recession

April 20, 2020 · Research Highlight

Streamlining Administration of Short-Time Compensation: What’s Right with Kansas?

April 20, 2020 · Research Highlight

Training Contact Tracing Workers: The Need Right Now

April 17, 2020 · Research Highlight

Retraining Workers in the Post-COVID-19 Economy

April 17, 2020 · Research Highlight

Shared-Work Programs Can Ease the Coronavirus’s Economic Impact

April 17, 2020 · Research Highlight

More than 1 in 5 Michigan workers—over 1 million people—have filed for unemployment insurance in four weeks

April 16, 2020 · Research Highlight

Don’t assume workers' comp will cover COVID-19 illness

April 15, 2020 · Research Highlight