The Role of the Employment Service

Balducchi, David E.; Johnson, Terry R.; Gritz, R. Mark

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“…Instead of focusing on universal access to ES services, the ES targeted veterans and civilian workers whose skills or age made it difficult for them to find work in the new economy. By the mid 1950s, preferential treatment was expanded to youth, older workers, and the disabled (Balducchi, Johnson, and Gritz 1997). During this same period, the ES took on another compliance role by certifying foreign workers and showing that the admission of foreign workers would not harm the employment opportunities or wages of domestic workers.…”

Section: The Role Of the Public Employment Servicementioning

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Federal-State Relations in Labor Exchange Policy

Balducchi¹,

Pasternak²

2004

Labor Exchange Policy in the United States

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Section: The Role Of the Public Employment Servicementioning

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“…Smole (Chapter 4 in this volume) estimated that funding (measured in real terms) fell by 37.2 percent from 1984 to 2002. Some states during this time period tried to augment these funds through special assessments or by tapping UI funds (Balducchi, Johnson, and Gritz 1997).…”

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confidence: 99%

Federal-State Relations in Labor Exchange Policy

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Pasternak²

2004

Labor Exchange Policy in the United States

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“…The systems are closely linked through ES administration of the UI work test (Balducchi, Johnson and Gritz, 1997). The work test in UI is the requirement that UI beneficiaries be actively seeking work.…”

Section: Employment Servicementioning

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“…The Republican-dominated Congress is bowing to lobby pressure and has indicated that federal funding will be allowed to end in 2001. 26 42 Balducchi, Johnson and Gritz (1997), citing evidence from Corson, Long and Nicholson (1984) and Johnson and Klepinger (1994). 43 The Wagner-Peyser Act requires that "each state receiving funds under this Act shall (1) make such reports concerning its operations and expenditures in such form and containing such information as shall be prescribed by the Secretary [of Labor], and (2) establish and maintain a management system in accordance with guidelines established by the Secretary."…”

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“…The only labor exchange function to receive rigorous evaluation is job interview referrals, which have been found to be cost effective by several studies (Balducchi, Johnson and Gritz, 1997). There are wide-ranging differences across the states in both the rules for the UI work test and in the stringency of enforcement (Johnson et al, 1983).…”

Section: Effects Of the Employment Servicementioning

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Intergovernmental Relations in Employment Policy: The United States Experience

O’Leary

Straits

2000

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Policies to regulate and support labor markets in the United States have mainly been an initiative of the federal government. Historically, states and localities were reluctant to act independently to build up worker rights and protections for fear of competitively disadvantaging resident industries with added costs. Federal constitutional authority to raise revenue and control commerce among the states governed development of labor market policy in the United States. Labor market support initiatives usually have been forged in difficult economic times with contributions and compromise from the full political spectrum. This paper examines the development of employment policy in the twentieth century by viewing the interplay of federal, state, and local partners. The programs considered include unemployment insurance, training, youth programs, and the employment service. Some attention is also given to governmental policy that influences the geographic mobility of labor. Intergovernmental relations in labor market policy have resulted in a system that performs a wide variety of functions, varies greatly at the local and state levels, but maintains important federal standards nationwide.

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A General Equilibrium Evaluation of the Employment Service

Plesca

2010

Journal of Human Capital

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This paper provides a general equilibrium evaluation of the Employment Service, also known as the Public Labor Exchange (PLX), a national program that facilitates meetings between job seekers and vacancies. The paper departs from the standard partial equilibrium framework of program evaluation by constructing a dynamic general equilibrium matching model with the PLX as a directed search channel and all other search methods as the other channel. In the calibrated model, the general equilibrium impacts of the PLX are different from the standard partial equilibrium ones, mainly because employers post more high-skill vacancies when both search channels operate.

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The Role of the Employment Service

Cited by 18 publications

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Federal-State Relations in Labor Exchange Policy

Federal-State Relations in Labor Exchange Policy

Intergovernmental Relations in Employment Policy: The United States Experience

A General Equilibrium Evaluation of the Employment Service

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