Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Tweet[IWS] ETA: RECENT CHANGES in UNEMPLOYED WORKERS CHARACTERISTICS [August 2009]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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Employment & Training Administration (ETA)
ETAOP 2009-13
UI BENEFITS STUDY: Recent Changes in the Characteristics of Unemployed Workers
Release Year : 2009
IMPAQ International, LLC
Author(s): Michaelides, Marios ; Mueser, Peter
http://wdr.doleta.gov/research/keyword.cfm?fuseaction=dsp_resultDetails&pub_id=2422&mp=y
or
http://wdr.doleta.gov/research/FullText_Documents/UI%20Benefits%20Study%20%2D%20Recent%20Change%20in%20Characteristics%20of%20Unemployed%20Workers%2Epdf
[full-text, 43 pages
Abstract :
This paper examines how gender, racial, and ethnic differentials in unemployment and Unemployment Insurance (UI) receipt have changed over the past 50 years. The primary analysis focuses on the degree to which such differences, in the past 20 years, are explained by differences in the industrial and occupational structure of employment. Using Current Population Survey (CPS) data, the report finds that: (1) the female unemployment rate has converged to the male unemployment rate since the 1980s, (2) the nonwhite and Hispanic unemployment rates are converging to the unemployment rate of the rest of the population, but racial and ethnic unemployment rate gaps have not yet been eliminated, and (3) the U.S. labor market has experienced significant shifts in its industrial and occupational distribution.
To examine how gender, racial, and ethnic differences in the unemployment experience are affected by differences in the primary industries and occupations in which each group is employed, the 1992-2007 CPS March supplement data was used. The analysis shows that, when controlling for industry and occupation differences: (1) women have higher unemployment rates than men but are equally likely to receive UI benefits, (2) the racial unemployment rate gap is smaller than in earlier years but remains substantial, yet nonwhites are only marginally more likely to receive UI benefits than whites, and (3) there is a dramatic convergence in the unemployment rates between Hispanics and non-Hispanics, although Hispanics remain less likely to receive UI benefits.
See additional research topics at
http://wdr.doleta.gov/research/
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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
Employment & Training Administration (ETA)
ETAOP 2009-13
UI BENEFITS STUDY: Recent Changes in the Characteristics of Unemployed Workers
Release Year : 2009
IMPAQ International, LLC
Author(s): Michaelides, Marios ; Mueser, Peter
http://wdr.doleta.gov/research/keyword.cfm?fuseaction=dsp_resultDetails&pub_id=2422&mp=y
or
http://wdr.doleta.gov/research/FullText_Documents/UI%20Benefits%20Study%20%2D%20Recent%20Change%20in%20Characteristics%20of%20Unemployed%20Workers%2Epdf
[full-text, 43 pages
Abstract :
This paper examines how gender, racial, and ethnic differentials in unemployment and Unemployment Insurance (UI) receipt have changed over the past 50 years. The primary analysis focuses on the degree to which such differences, in the past 20 years, are explained by differences in the industrial and occupational structure of employment. Using Current Population Survey (CPS) data, the report finds that: (1) the female unemployment rate has converged to the male unemployment rate since the 1980s, (2) the nonwhite and Hispanic unemployment rates are converging to the unemployment rate of the rest of the population, but racial and ethnic unemployment rate gaps have not yet been eliminated, and (3) the U.S. labor market has experienced significant shifts in its industrial and occupational distribution.
To examine how gender, racial, and ethnic differences in the unemployment experience are affected by differences in the primary industries and occupations in which each group is employed, the 1992-2007 CPS March supplement data was used. The analysis shows that, when controlling for industry and occupation differences: (1) women have higher unemployment rates than men but are equally likely to receive UI benefits, (2) the racial unemployment rate gap is smaller than in earlier years but remains substantial, yet nonwhites are only marginally more likely to receive UI benefits than whites, and (3) there is a dramatic convergence in the unemployment rates between Hispanics and non-Hispanics, although Hispanics remain less likely to receive UI benefits.
See additional research topics at
http://wdr.doleta.gov/research/
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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