Work Search among Unemployment Insurance Claimants: An Investigation of Some Effects of State Rules and Enforcement

摘要

The study investigates the questions: To what extent do work-search rules increase the actual work-search efforts of claimants; to what extent do these rules, or claimants' reactions to them, lead to shorter spells of unemployment and more rapid reemployment; and do different types of requirements or standards of work search affect the payment error rates associated with work-search rules. The following results were observed: Differences in work-search rules, or the overall work-search policy or climate, of states do influence work-search behavior of claimants; An analysis of the effects of work-search rules on the job-finding success of claimants produced unexpected results; Claimants from the states with strict rules are less successful at leaving the UI rolls; Evidence on the effects of work-search rules on payment error rates are inconclusive, although they do suggest that many factors may affect error rates.