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Unemployment Insurance Reform : Fixing a Broken System /

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"The Unemployment Insurance (UI) system is a lasting piece of the Social Security Act which was enacted in 1935. But like most things that are over 80 years old, it occasionally needs maintenance to keep it operating smoothly while keeping up with the changing demands placed upon it. However, the UI...

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Other Authors: Wandner, Stephen A. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Kalamazoo, Michigan : W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2018.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Unemployment insurance > Government policy.
Unemployment insurance.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Insurance / Risk Assessment & Management.
Assurance-chômage > États-Unis.
Assurance-chômage > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Unemployment insurance > United States.
Unemployment insurance > Government policy > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
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Summary:"The Unemployment Insurance (UI) system is a lasting piece of the Social Security Act which was enacted in 1935. But like most things that are over 80 years old, it occasionally needs maintenance to keep it operating smoothly while keeping up with the changing demands placed upon it. However, the UI system has been ignored by policymakers for decades and, say the authors, it is broken, out of date, and badly in need of repair. Stephen A. Wandner pulls together a group of UI researchers, each with decades of experience, who describe the weaknesses in the current system and propose policy reforms that they say would modernize the system and prepare us for the next recession"--Publisher's description.
Physical Description:1 online resource: illustrations, maps.
ISBN:9780880996532
Access:Open Access

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