Unemployment and Reemployment

Research Publications & Reports

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Published Date

March 22, 2022

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Related Authors

Liana Lin

Work Category

Program Development & Technical Assistance Products

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Long-term_Unemployed_Older_Workers_Persist_in_a_Boom_Economy.pdf (167.55 KB)

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Discusses findings and insights from a survey of members of the New Start Career Network, a Heldrich Center program that provides job search support to New Jersey residents age 45 and older who have been out of work six or more months. Also suggests focus areas the public workforce system should consider to better serve the long-term unemployed.

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New brief discusses survey findings on long-term unemployed older workers as well as offers suggestions for the public workforce system.

Research on Implications of Displacement for Older Workers

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Research on Implications of Displacement for Older Workers

Topic

Older Workers

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Published Date

October 3, 2019

Status

Current

Funded By

AARP Public Policy Institute

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The Heldrich Center is conducting research on the implications of displacement for older workers, whether caused by shifts in technology, automation, offshoring, climate change, less stable work arrangements, wage stagnation, income inequality, or other catalysts. The research looks to review the current — and inadequate — landscape for worker adjustment transition assistance in the United States. It also seeks to explore what the United States can learn from other countries, as well as from promising state, local, nonprofit, or private-sector initiatives. Based on the research findings, the Heldrich Center will offer a set of policy recommendations that may relate to education and training, unemployment insurance and income support, portable benefits, early intervention, and layoff aversion to help older American workers cope with and prepare for future dislocations.

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Research on the implications of displacement for older workers.

Evaluation of the New Jersey Individual Training Grant Program for Dislocated Workers

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Evaluation of the New Jersey Individual Training Grant Program for Dislocated Workers

Topic

Program Evaluation

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Published Date

January 1, 2000

Status

Funded By

New Jersey State Employment and Training Commission

Work Category

Workforce Trends Analysis

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In 2000, the Heldrich Center completed a quasi-experimental evaluation that used Unemployment Insurance wage records to measure the employment experiences of dislocated workers who received a training grant from the State of New Jersey. These outcomes were compared to the experiences of similar group of dislocated workers who did not receive training. The outcome analysis was supplemented by a telephone survey of individuals receiving an Individual Training grant to determine their perceptions of the effect of the training.

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Evaluation to measure the employment experiences of dislocated workers who received a training grant from the State of New Jersey.

Work Trends Survey on the Economy and Employee Layoffs

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Work Trends Survey on the Economy and Employee Layoffs

Topic

Survey Development, Design, and Analysis

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Related Authors

Carl E. Van Horn, Ph.D.

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Funded By

Private contributions to the Heldrich Center

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In 2004, the Heldrich Center conducted a national survey of American workers and employers, entitled Laid off: American Workers and Employers Assess a Volatile Labor Market, to identify the extent to which workers and employers were continuing to be affected by economic issues and business restructuring during the post-9/11 recession. The survey showed that, despite signs of economic recovery and modest job growth in 2004, American workers continued to be more pessimistic about the economy and their own job security than they were in an earlier 2003 Work Trends survey. The survey also found that during that same time, one in four of the nation's employers laid off workers but expressed a far different perception of the layoff experience than their workers. As a result, the survey showed that work confidence in the American economy plunged to levels well below those measured in the spring of 2000, the peak of the economic expansion, and both workers and employers expressed high levels of dissatisfaction with the way the federal government was handling issues related to job. The survey was conducted in partnership with the Center for Survey Research and Analysis at the University of Connecticut.

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Laid Off: American Workers and Employers Assess a Volatile Labor Market (April 2004)

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Survey of American workers and employers about the effects of the post-9/11 recession.

Research for the Sloan Center on Aging and Work at Boston College

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Research for the Sloan Center on Aging and Work at Boston College

Topic

Older Workers

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Published Date

January 1, 2008

Related Authors

Carl E. Van Horn, Ph.D.

Status

Funded By

Sloan Center on Aging and Work at Boston College

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“New Unemployables”: Older Job Seekers Struggle to Find Work During the Great Recession

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http://heldrich.rutgers.edu/node/476/edit?destination=admin/content

http://heldrich.rutgers.edu/node/474/edit?destination=admin/content

http://heldrich.rutgers.edu/node/567/edit?destination=admin/content

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From 2008 to 2010, the Heldrich Center prepared several briefs for the Sloan Center on Aging and Work at Boston College exploring older worker unemployment. The first brief, Older and Out of Work: Trends in Older Worker Displacement (September 2008), explored the impact and scope of unemployment and worker dislocation on older Americans, in particular those who need to work for economic reasons. The second brief, Older and Out of Work: Employer, Government and Nonprofit Assistance (October 2008), examined employer, federal, state, and community-based strategies targeted to helping older job seekers gain new skills and return to work. The third brief, The “New Unemployables”: Older Job Seekers Struggle to Find Work During the Great Recession (November 2010), compared the job search, financial, and emotional experiences of older and younger unemployed job seekers.

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Older and Out of Work: Employer, Government and Nonprofit Assistance

Older and Out of Work: Trends in Older Worker Displacement

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Development of research products about the unemployment of older workers.

National Study of State Government Rapid Response Post-Layoff Notification Services

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National Study of State Government Rapid Response Post-Layoff Notification Services

Topic

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Published Date

January 1, 2008

Status

Funded By

New York State Department of Labor

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In 2008, the Heldrich Center worked with the State of New York to conduct a study of states that have been identified as high performing and innovative with regard to providing Rapid Response services. The research focused on identifying states with best or promising practices in the area of Rapid Response and business retention services, describing how these services are provided, who provides them and how outcomes are tracked, identifying critical success factors in these practices, and identifying key challenges experienced by the states in the design and implementation of these practices. In the final report, the Heldrich Center offered recommendations to improve New York State’s Rapid Response services.

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Study of states that have been identified as high performing and innovative with regard to providing Rapid Response services.

Getting Back to Work: New Public/Private Strategies for Laid-Off American Workers

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Getting Back to Work: New Public/Private Strategies for Laid-Off American Workers

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Published Date

January 1, 2004

Related Authors

Laurie Harrington

Carl E. Van Horn, Ph.D.

Status

Funded By

AT&T Foundation

Work Category

(OLD) Related Work

http://heldrich.rutgers.edu/node/257/edit?destination=admin/content

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In 2004, the Heldrich Center produced an in-depth study that described the impact of job loss and offered a series of recommendations for workers, employers, and policymakers for dealing with the consequences of job loss. A variety of research methodologies were used to prepare the report. The center conducted eight focus groups with dislocated workers in both urban and rural regions, and conducted structured interviews with human resources executives, outplacement executives, and state workforce administrators and Rapid Response practitioners. In addition, the center conducted a telephone survey of dislocated workers to identify the types of services they received and the types of agencies they used. The report also drew upon findings of two national Work Trends surveys that probed workers’ and employers’ experiences with downsizing and layoffs.

Products:

Getting Back to Work: New Public/Private Strategies for Laid-Off American Workers (Executive Summary)

Getting Back to Work: New Public/Private Strategies for Laid-Off American Workers (Full Report)

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Study on the impact of job loss.

Using Social Media to Improve State Reemployment Services for Dislocated Workers

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Using Social Media to Improve State Reemployment Services for Dislocated Workers

Topic

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Status

Funded By

National Association of State Workforce Agencies through a grant from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration

Work Category

Program Design and Development

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In 2012, the Heldrich Center worked with the National Association of State Workforce Agencies to provide technical assistance and subject-matter expertise to three states (Minnesota, New York, and Idaho) that were recipients of demonstration funding to pilot a social media component as part of a larger initiative to provide stronger and more integrated reemployment services to Unemployment Insurance claimants through the workforce system. The Heldrich Center participated in a three-day launch meeting with the states, provided facilitation and targeted training in social media as well as provided ongoing technical assistance to the states in the use of social media strategies, tools, and/or applications that could be used in the workforce development/reemployment areas during the course of the demonstration.

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Provided targeted training on social media to three states.

Management of the September 11th Fund’s Employment Assistance Program

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Management of the September 11th Fund’s Employment Assistance Program

Topic

Workforce Policy and Programs

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Published Date

January 1, 2002

Status

Funded By

The September 11th Fund

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