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UNINA9910970447203321 |
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Titolo |
Unemployment : a closer look / / Jacob S. Mlakar, editor |
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Hauppauge, NY, : Nova Science Publishers, c2011 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (175 p.) |
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Collana |
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Economic issues, problems and perspectives |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Unemployment - United States |
Unemployed - United States |
Unemployment insurance - United States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-158) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Intro -- UNEMPLOYMENT: A CLOSER LOOK -- UNEMPLOYMENT: A CLOSER LOOK -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE: AVAILABLE UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION -- Authorization -- Appropriation and Outlays -- Administration -- Eligibility for Regular Unemployment Compensation -- Broad Federal Guidelines Result in Different State Requirements -- Base Period -- Alternative Base Period -- Extended Base Period -- Base Period Provisions in the 2009 Stimulus Package -- Qualifying Wages or Employment -- 2009 Stimulus Provisions Relating to Regular Unemployment Comp-ensation -- Data Collection Considerations -- Determination and Duration of Regular Unemployment Compensation -- UC Benefit Financing: Unemployment Taxes on Employers -- Federal Unemployment Tax Act -- ARRA Temporary Changes Federal Financing of Unemployment Benefits -- State Unemployment Tax Acts -- Outstanding Loans from the Federal Unemployment Account -- FEDERAL ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION -- EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION PROGRAM -- Previous Temporary Unemployment Compensation Extensions -- EUC08 Benefit Amounts, Tiers, and Duration -- Tier I -- Tier II -- Tier III -- Tier IV -- All Tiers Terminate November 30, 2010, with Grandfathering -- Tier I EUC08 Eligibility Requirements -- First Claimed Regular UC Benefits On |
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or After May 7, 2006 -- Exhausted Regular UC Benefit -- "20 Weeks" of Full-Time Insured Employment or Equivalent -- Tier II EUC08 Eligibility Requirements -- Exhausted Tier I EUC08 Benefit -- Tier III EUC08 Eligibility Requirements -- Exhausted Tier II EUC08 Benefit -- At or After the Period of Tier II EUC08 Exhaustion, the State Must Currently Have At Least 6% Unemployment Rate -- No Retroactive Payments -- Tier IV EUC08 Eligibility Requirements. |
Exhausted Tier I, Tier II, and Tier III EUC08 Benefits -- At or After the Period of Tier III EUC08 Exhaustion, the State Must Currently Have At Least 8.5% Unemployment Rate -- No Retroactive Payments -- EUC08 Financing -- EUC08 and EB Interactions -- EXTENDED BENEFIT PROGRAM -- EB Triggers May be Reviewed in 2010 -- EB Eligibility Requirements Beyond Requirements for Regular UC -- Methods for Determining 20 Weeks of Full-Time Insured Employment -- 2009 Stimulus Provisions Affecting EB Level and Duration -- 2009 Stimulus Provisions Affecting EB Financing -- SHORT-TIME COMPENSATION (WORK SHARING) -- POLICY PROPOSALS THAT TARGET UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT EXHAUSTEES -- LEGISLATIVE ISSUES -- 111th Congress -- 2010 Budget -- P.L. 111-5, The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 -- Unemployment Compensation Modernization -- Federal Additional Compensation -- ARRA Provisions Affecting the EUC08 Program -- Temporary Waiver of Interest Payments and the Accrual of Interest on Advances to State Unemployment Funds -- Temporary 100% EB Financing and Changes to EB Eligibility -- P.L. 111-92, The Worker, Homeownership and Business Assistance Act of 2009 -- P.L. 111-118, The Department of Defense Appropriations Act -- P.L. 111-144, The Temporary Extension Act of 2010 -- P.L. 111-157, The Continuing Extension Act of 2010 -- P.L. 111-205, The Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2010 -- Current Legislation -- APPENDIX A. UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BENEFITS -- APPENDIX B. SUMMARY OF EUC08 PROGRAM -- End Notes -- Chapter 2 UNEMPLOYMENT: ISSUES AND POLICIES -- SUMMARY -- THE UNEMPLOYMENT PROBLEM -- POLICY STEPS TAKEN THROUGH 2009 -- POLICY PROPOSALS -- December 2009 House Proposal (H.R. 2847) -- Infrastructure Spending -- Public Service Jobs -- Emergency Funding -- Senate Proposals -- President Obama's Proposal -- Incremental Jobs Tax Credit -- Discussion. |
Spending, Transfers, and Tax Cuts -- Job Credits -- ISSUES IN FINANCING JOB CREATION PROPOSALS -- Redirecting TARP Funds to Finance Proposals -- End Notes -- Chapter 3 UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION (UC) AND THE UNEMPLOYMENT TRUST FUND (UTF): FUNDING UC BENEFITS -- SUMMARY -- THE UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION (UC) PROGRAM -- Federal Unemployment Tax Act -- Expiring Provision: FUTA Surtax -- State Unemployment Tax Acts -- THE UNEMPLOYMENT TRUST FUND -- The Unemployment Trust Fund and the Federal Budget -- Unemployment Trust Fund Revenues and Distributions -- State Unemployment Tax Revenues Are Credited to the State Un-employment Accounts Within the Unemployment Trust Fund -- Federal Unemployment Taxes Are Credited to the ESAA -- Each Month, the ESAA Distributes 20% of the Net Monthly Activity to the EUCA -- Other Unemployment Trust Fund Expenditures (Reed Act Distributions) -- Loans to Insolvent Accounts -- End Notes -- Chapter 4 UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION (INSURANCE) AND MILITARY SERVICE -- SUMMARY -- UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION BENEFIT ELIGIBILITY FOR FORMER MILITARY PERSONNEL -- UCX Eligibility and Benefit Level -- Self-Employed and Sole Proprietor Ex-Servicemembers -- UCX Financing -- CIVILIAN SPOUSES WHO QUIT EMPLOYMENT BECAUSE OF MILITARY SPOUSE TRANSFERS -- Transferred Spouse |
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Exception (Unconditional on Military Service) -- Military Spouse Exception -- IMPACT OF MILITARY SERVICE ON EMPLOYERS' STATE UNEMPLOYMENT TAXES -- End Notes -- Chapter 5 DOES UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE INHIBIT JOB SEARCH? -- UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE DOES NOT DISCOURAGE JOB SEARCH BEHAVIOR -- THE CURRENT LABOR MARKET PROVIDES FEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNEMPLOYED WORKERS -- UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AS EFFECTIVE FISCAL STIMULUS -- End Notes -- Chapter 6 UNDERSTANDING THE ECONOMY: WORKING MOTHERS IN THE GREAT RECESSION -- MOTHER'S DAY 2010: AN UPDATE ON WORKING MOMS. |
FAMILIES DEPEND ON MOTHERS' EMPLOYMENT -- MARRIED MOTHERS SEARCH FOR WORK TO IMPROVE THEIR FAMILIES' ECONOMIC SECURITY -- SINGLE MOTHERS CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE WITH HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT -- THE PART-TIME PENALTY CAN BE EVEN GREATER FOR MOTHERS -- End Notes -- Chapter 7 WOMEN IN THE RECESSION: WORKING MOTHERS FACE HIGH RATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- VAST MAJORITY OF MOTHERS IN THE LABOR FORCE, MOST WORK FULL-TIME -- AS RECESSION CONTINUES, WORKING MOTHERS FACE RISING UNEMPLOYMENT -- Women of Color Are Faring the Worst in this Recession -- SUMMARY -- End Notes -- Chapter 8 UNDERSTANDING THE ECONOMY: LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- CONCLUSION -- End Notes -- Chapter 9 UNDERSTANDING THE ECONOMY: UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- BACKGROUND -- HISPANICS FACE HIGHER UNEMPLOYMENT REGARDLESS OF GENDER AND AGE -- UNEMPLOYMENT SPELLS ARE TYPICALLY SHORTER FOR HISPANICS -- ONE-QUARTER OF THE HISPANIC LABOR FORCE IS UNDEREMPLOYED -- HISPANIC UNEMPLOYMENT IS DRIVEN BY INDUSTRY SECTOR AND GEOGRAPHY -- ADDRESSING THE PROBLEMS FACING HISPANIC WORKERS -- End Notes -- Chapter 10 UNDERSTANDING THE ECONOMY: UNEMPLOYMENT AMONG YOUNG WORKERS -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- BACKGROUND -- UNEMPLOYMENT IS HIGHEST AMONG TEENS -- EDUCATION IMPROVES EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS FOR YOUNG WORKERS -- UNEMPLOYMENT IS HIGH AMONG YOUNG MINORITY WORKERS, DESPITE EDUCATION -- YOUNG WORKERS ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY CONCENTRATED IN INDUSTRIES HARD-HIT BY RECESSION -- YOUNG WORKERS MAKE UP A DISPROPORTIONATE SHARE OF THE UNEMPLOYED -- HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT CAN HAVE LASTING CONSEQUENCES -- ACTION NOW CAN MITIGATE THE HARMFUL EFFECTS OF UNEMPLOYMENT -- End Notes -- Chapter 11 EXTENDING UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BENEFITS: THE COST OF INACTION FOR DISABLED WORKERS -- UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS BOOST THE ECONOMY AS A WHOLE. |
SPENDING ON UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS NOW SAVES ON DISABILITY INSURANCE LATER -- End Notes -- CHAPTER SOURCES -- INDEX -- Blank Page. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) has declared the U.S. economy to be in recession since December 2007. In response to high unemployment, some members of Congress proposed job creation bills, following several policy steps taken since the economy entered the recession, including stimulus bills in 2008 and 2009, an unprecedented expansion in direct assistance to the financial sector by the Federal Reserve, and the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). This book discusses the current unemployment outlook and analyzes policy proposals to address the issues and options for financing proposals. |
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