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Direct linkSmith, Daniel L.; Wenger, Jeffrey B. – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2013
This paper employs panel estimators with data on the 50 American states for the years 1963 to 2006 to test the relationship between Unemployment Insurance (UI) trust fund solvency and UI benefit generosity. We find that both average and maximum weekly UI benefit amounts, as ratios to the average weekly wage, are higher in states and in years with…
Descriptors: Unemployment, Insurance, State Surveys, Policy Analysis
Fernandez, Sergio; Smith, Craig R.; Wenger, Jeffrey B. – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2007
We examine the effects of governments' use of alternative service provision on public employment using panel data from a nationally representative sample of local governments. We model the effects of alternative service provision on the size of the public workforce and hypothesize that alternative provision jointly impacts both full- and part-time…
Descriptors: Part Time Employment, Public Sector, Privatization, Public Policy
Wenger, Jeffrey B.; Walters, Matthew J. – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2006
During periods of high unemployment, many workers exhaust their unemployment insurance (UI) benefits before regaining employment. To help alleviate this problem, Congress created the extended benefits (EB) program, expanding the number of weeks of benefits available to UI recipients in high unemployment states. The EB program operates by…
Descriptors: Insurance, Unemployment, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
