Unemployment : a closer look / / Jacob S. Mlakar, editor

• Pubblicazione: Hauppauge, NY, : Nova Science Publishers, c2011
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (175 p.)
• Disciplina: 331.13/7973
• Soggetto topico: Unemployment - United States; Unemployed - United States; Unemployment insurance - United States
• Altri autori: MlakarJacob S
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-158) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 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 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Unemployment
• ISBN: 1-61209-467-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910827125903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Economic Issues, Problems and Perspectives