Christopher J. O'Leary, Senior Economist 
 
Working Papers

Reemployment and Earnings Recovery among Older Unemployment Insurance Claimants, Christopher J. O'Leary and Randall W. Eberts (WP07-133), 2007.
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  • Do Job Search Rules and Reemployment Services Reduce Insured Unemployment?, Christopher J. O'Leary and Stephen A Wandner (WP05-112), 2005.
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    NOTE: A revised version of this paper titled “State UI job search rules and reemployment services” appears in Monthly Labor Review, 129(6), June 2006.

  • Evaluating Job Training in Two Chinese Cities, Benu Bidani, Niels-Hugo Blunch, Chor-ching Goh, and Christopher J. O'Leary (WP05-111), 2005.
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  • Personal Reemployment Accounts: Simulations for Planning Implementation, Christopher J. O'Leary and Randall W. Eberts (WP04-110), 2004.
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    This paper is available as U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Occasional Paper 2004-08. It can be found at: http://www.doleta.gov/reports/searcheta/occ/papers/final2004-08.pdf.

  • A New WPRS Profiling Model for Michigan, Randall W. Eberts and Christopher J. O'Leary (WP04-102), 2004.
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    NOTE: A revised version of this paper appears in A Compilation of Selected Papers from The Employment and Training Administration’s 2003 Biennial National Research Conference, J. Riley, A. Branch, S. Wandner, and W. Gordon, eds., Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Office of Policy Development, Evaluation and Research. 2004, pp. 130-184.

  • Cost-Effectiveness of Targeted Reemployment Bonuses, Christopher J. O'Leary, Paul T. Decker, and Stephen A. Wandner (WP03-51), 2003. This is an update of Working Paper No. 98-51.
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    NOTE: The final version of this paper appears in Journal of Human Resources, 40(1), 270-279, Winter 2005.

  • A Frontline Decision Support System for Georgia Career Centers, Randall W. Eberts and Christopher J. O'Leary (WP02-84), 2002.
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    NOTE: A revised version of this paper appears in A Compilation of Selected Papers from The Employment and Training Administration’s 2003 Biennial National Research Conference, J. Riley, A. Branch, S. Wandner, and W. Gordon, eds., Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Office of Policy Development, Evaluation and Research. 2004, pp. 80-129.

  • Alternative Measures of State UI Systems, Christopher J. O'Leary, Robert Tannenwald, Wei-Jang Huang, and Pei Zhu (WP00-62), 2000.
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    NOTE: A revised version of this paper titled "New Ways of Evaluating State Unemployment Insurance" was published in New England Economic Review, March/April 1999: 15-40.

  • Unemployment Compensation and Older Workers, Christopher J. O'Leary and Stephen A. Wandner (WP00-61), 2000.
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    NOTE: A revised version of this paper appears in Ensuring Health and Income Security for an Aging Workforce, P. Budetti, R. Burkhauser, J. Gregory, and H.A. Hunt, eds. Kalamazoo, MI: W.E. Upjohn Institute, 2001, pp. 85-133.

  • Intergovernmental Relations in Employment Policy: The United States Experience, Christopher J. O'Leary and Robert A. Straits (WP00-60), 2000.
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    NOTE: A revised version of this paper appears in Federalism and Labour Market Policy, Alain Noël, ed., Montreal: McGill and Queen's University Press. 2004, pp. 25-82.

  • Promoting Self Employment Among the Unemployed in Hungary and Poland, Christopher J. O'Leary (WP00099-055), 1999.
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  • Preliminary Evidence on Impacts of Active Labor Programs in Hungary and Poland, Christopher J. O'Leary (WP00098-050), 1997.
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    NOTE: A revised and expanded version of this paper titled "The Net Impact of Active Labour Market Programmes in Hungary and Poland" (with P. Koloddziejczyk and G. Lazar) was published in International Labour Review, 137(3): 321-346, 1998.

  • Unemployment Insurance Policy in New England: Background and Issues, Robert Tannenwald and Christopher J. O'Leary(WP00097-049), 1997.
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    NOTE: A revised version of this paper was published in New England Economic Review, May/June 1997: 1-20.

  • Design of the Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services System and Evaluation in Michigan, Randall W. Eberts and Christopher J. O'Leary (WP00096-041), 1996.
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    NOTE: A revised version of this paper appears in Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services (WPRS) Systems: National WPRS Colloquium, June 1996: Selected Papers and Materials. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, 1996, pp. 187-200.

  • An Impact Analysis of Labor Market Programs in Hungary, Christopher J. O'Leary (WP00095-030), 1995.
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    NOTE: A revised version of this paper titled "A Net Impact Analysis of Active Labour Programmes in Hungary" appears in Economics of Transition 5(2): 453-487, November 1997.

  • Evaluating Pooled Evidence from the Reemployment Bonus Experiments, Paul T. Decker and Christopher J. O'Leary (WP00094-028), 1994.
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    NOTE: A revised version of this paper appears in Journal of Human Resources 30(3): 534-550, Summer 1995.

  • Reemployment Incentives for Unemployment Insurance Beneficiaries: Results from the Washington Reemployment Bonus Experiment, Christopher J. O'Leary, Robert G. Spiegelman, and Kenneth J. Kline (WP00093-022), 1993.
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    NOTE: A revised version of this paper appears in Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 14(2): 245-269, Spring 1995.

  • An Econometric Analysis of Unemployment Insurance Benefits Adequacy, Christopher J. O'Leary (WP00090-005), 1990.
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    NOTE: A revised version of this paper appears in Research in Employment Policy, Volume I: Reform of the Unemployment Insurance System, L. Bassi and S. Woodbury, eds. Stamford, CT: JAI Press, 1998, pp. 63-110.
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