RESq: Reform of Employment Services quorum

 

Steering Group

O'Leary, C J (Christopher)

Research Areas

• Unemployment Insurances
• Labor Market

Current Projects

For the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services O’Leary is investigating the use of UI by recent recipients of Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF), and for the U.S. Department of Labor he is studying recent trends in UI use based on state administrative records.

Notable Publications

• O'Leary, C J and Kline, K J. (2008). UI as a Safety Net for Former TANF Recipients.
• Eberts, R and O'Leary, C J. (2007). Reemployment and Earnings Recovery among Older Unemployment Insurance Claimants. (WP07-133).
• O'Leary, C J and Wandner, S A. (2006). State UI job search rules and reemployment services. Monthly Labor Review, 129(6), 27-37.
• O'Leary, C J and Vesic-Petrovic, L. (2006). Final Project Report: Plan for a Model PIMS (Labor Market Monitoring and Evaluation in the Employment Promotion Project for the Ministry of Labor Employment and Social Policy, Republic of Serbia), Kalamazoo, Michigan: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment .
• O'Leary, C J, Decker T P and Wandner S A. (2005). Cost-Effectiveness of Targeted Reemployment Bonuses. Journal of Human Resources, 40(1), 270-279.
• O'Leary, C J and Wandner, S A. (2005). Do Job Search Rules and Reemployment Services Reduce Insured Unemployment? (WP05-112).
• O'Leary, C J, Bidani, B, Blunch, N-H and Goh, C. (2005). Evaluating Job Training in Two Chinese Cities. (WP05-111).
• O'Leary, C J, Straits R A and Wandner S A. (2004). Job Training Policy in the United States. Kalamazoo: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.
• O'Leary, C J, Eberts, R and Balducchi, D E. (2004). Labor Exchange Policy in the United States. Kalamazoo: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.
• O'Leary, C J and Eberts, R. (2004). A Frontline Decision Support System for Georgia Career Centers. In Riley, J, Branch, A, Wandner, S and Gordon, W (Eds.), A Compilation of Selected Papers from The Employment and Training Administration's 2003 Biennial National Research Conference (pp. 80-129).
• O'Leary, C J and Eberts, R. (2004). A New WPRS Profiling Model for Michigan. In Riley, J, Branch, A, Wandner, S A and Gordon, W (Eds.), A Compilation of Selected Papers from The Employment and Training Administration's 2003 Biennial National Research Conference (pp. 130-184).
• O'Leary, C J and Straits, R A. (2004). Intergovernmental Relations in Employment Policy: The United States Experience. In Noël, A (Eds.), Federalism and Labour Market Policy (pp. 25-82).
• O'Leary, C J and Eberts, R. (2004). Personal Reemployment Accounts: Simulations for Planning Implementation. (WP04-110).
• O'Leary, C J and Eberts, R. (2004). A New WPRS Profiling Model for Michigan. (WP04-102).

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