Early reemployment for dislocated workers in the United States

Abstract

On the basis of data from field experiments, in 1993 the United States enacted legislation requiring that all states implement Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services programmes as part of their employment and training systems. Using statistical models, these programmes identify likely dislocated unemployment insurance claimants and provide them with job search assistance during the early weeks of their unemployment. All states have now implemented these systems, and early implementation results are now available.