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Reemployment bonuses in the unemployment insurance system : evidence from three field experiments / Philip K. Robins and Robert G. Spiegelman, editors.
Lippincott Library HD7096.U5 R35 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Unemployment insurance--United States--States--Case studies.
- Unemployment insurance.
- Welfare recipients--United States--States--Case studies.
- Welfare recipients.
- Bonuses (Employee fringe benefits)--United States--States--Case studies.
- Bonuses (Employee fringe benefits).
- Unemployment insurance--Illinois.
- Illinois.
- Unemployment insurance--Pennsylvania.
- Pennsylvania.
- Unemployment insurance--Washington (State).
- Washington (State).
- United States.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 295 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Kalamazoo, Mich. : W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2001.
- Contents:
- 1 Introduction and Background of the Reemployment Bonus Experiments / Walter A. Corson, Robert G. Spiegelman 1
- Motivation for a Bonus Offer Program: Work Incentives in the Unemployment Insurance System 1
- The Unemployment Insurance System 3
- The "Stick": UI Work Test Requirements 8
- The "Carrot" 12
- Bonus Offer Experiments in Illinois, Pennsylvania, and Washington 15
- 2 Design of Three Field Experiments / Walter A. Corson, Robert G. Spiegelman 25
- Introduction: What Makes an Experiment an Experiment? 25
- Eligibility for Participation in the Experiments 27
- Nature of the Experimental Treatments 34
- Determining the Number and Allocation of Participants 40
- Selection of Experimental Sites 47
- Characteristics of the Environment 51
- Effectiveness of the Randomization Process 56
- Operations 61
- The Federal Supplemental Compensation (FSC) program in Illinois: An Unplanned Experiment 68
- 3 Participation in the Reemployment Bonus Experiments / Paul T. Decker, Christopher J. O'Leary, Stephen A. Woodbury 77
- Bonus Qualification, Receipt, and Take-Up Rates 78
- Explaining Variations in Bonus Qualification, Receipt, and Take-Up 84
- Explaining Differences among the Experiments 94
- 4 Bonus Impacts on Receipt of Unemployment Insurance / Paul T. Decker, Christopher J. O'Leary, Stephen A. Woodbury 105
- Treatment Impacts on Insured Unemployment 106
- A Continuous Variables Model of Treatment Response 116
- The Timing of Treatment Impacts 121
- Impacts of the Bonus Offer on Population Subgroups 136
- 5 Impacts on Employment and Earnings / Paul T. Decker, Christopher J. O'Leary, Stephen A. Woodbury 151
- Data and Methodology 152
- Employment and Earnings among Control Group Members 154
- Estimated Impacts on Employment and Earnings 156
- Impacts on Wages 163
- Impacts on Employer and Industry Attachment 166
- 6 From Social Experiment to Program / Carl Davidson, Stephen A. Woodbury 175
- The Transferability Problem in the Reemployment Bonus Experiments 176
- Spillover Effects, Classification Changes, and Behavioral Changes Following Adoption of a Bonus Program 185
- Dislocated Workers and Exogenous Economic Factors 195
- Appendix A Model for Transferring Experimental Results to an External Setting 207
- 7 A Benefit-Cost Analysis of a Bonus Offer Program / Robert G. Spiegelman 223
- Introduction and Methodology 223
- Identification of Benefits for a UI Bonus Offer Program 227
- Identification of Costs for a UI Bonus Offer Program 229
- Aggregation of the Effects and Interpretation of the Results 231
- Adjustment to Benefit-Cost Estimations in the Move from Experiment to Program 240
- 8 Summary and Policy Implications / Philip K. Robins 249
- Assessing the Experiments 257
- Alternative Policies 259.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0880992255
- OCLC:
- 47100748
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