The 2026-27 Budget: California Competes Extension

Mar 18, 2026 - In other words, there is no explicit downside risk of making the award. …But Also Indicates a Possible Trade-Off. However, there is a potential trade-off when considering awarding a credit to an applicant with a higher potential benefit to the state but a lower probability of achieving their milestones, compared to an applicant with a lower benefit but who is more likely to achieve their milestones.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5162

Fixing Unemployment Insurance

Dec 2, 2024 - In other words, paradoxically, businesses ’ improving reserve balances moved them to lower tax rate rungs within the F+ schedule, which had the effect of lowering state UI tax rates, as shown in Figure  5 .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4943

California’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage

Mar 11, 2024 - In other words, we estimate the 10 th percentile hourly wage for men to be roughly 5  percent to 10  percent higher than the 10 th percentile hourly wage for women. This wage gap is smaller than national estimates, though still substantial.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4878/3

California’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage

Mar 11, 2024 - In particular, its accuracy depends on the assumption that outcomes for nonrespondents are “conditionally missing at random. ” In other words, if the method used to construct the weights misses major systematic differences between respondents and nonrespondents, then the resulting estimates potentially can be quite inaccurate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4878/4

Evaluating State Economic Stimulus Proposals

Feb 1, 2021 - In other words, opportunity costs are the answer to the question: What other state programs would have been funded if the stimulus program had not been created and what would have been the benefits of those other programs?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4331

Improving California’s Unemployment Insurance Program

Aug 8, 2022 - However, the notice wording may encourage businesses to respond. The notice states “ACTION REQUIRED ” and “Failure to respond may result in an increased employment tax rate and employer penalties. ” As a result, businesses may respond to the notices when they do not dispute the claim, causing unnecessary delays.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4615