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REDI report volume 2020, May
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
Using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), I look at the intersection of the unemployment provisions of the CARES Act, Colorado's unemployment insurance (UI) scheme, and the Colorado labor market.
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REDI report volume 2021, June
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
The federal-state system of unemployment insurance (UI) in the US, designed to protect laid-off workers, is coming under pressure for an overhaul following the pandemic. Using the US Department of Labor's Quarterly UI Data Summary, this report will outline a number of facets pertaining to Colorado's own UI experience since 1980.
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[2015]
Description
The Great Recession of 2007 wreaked enormous economic damage throughout the nation. Not only were employment losses the greatest since the 1930s but other aspects of labor market activity, such as labor force participation, declined to levels not seen since at least the late 1970s. The surge in unemployment and ensuing slow recovery in hiring placed tremendous strain on many state unemployment insurance trust funds. As a result, more than 30 state...
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