Improving California’s Unemployment Insurance Program

Aug 8, 2022 - First, Policymakers Should Learn Why Claims Are Denied. Little is known about claims that EDD denies. To learn more about what types of claims the state denies, policymakers should direct the State Auditor to independently assess UI applications that EDD denies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4615

California’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage

Mar 11, 2024 - Dutz, Denis, Ingrid Huitfeldt, Santiago Lacouture, Magne Mogstad, Alexander Torgovitsky, and Winnie van Dijk (2022). “Selection in Surveys: Using Randomized Incentives to Detect and Account for Nonresponse Bias. ” National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Working Paper 29549.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4878/4

Fixing Unemployment Insurance

Dec 2, 2024 - During the phase ‑in period, the state also entered the dot ‑com recession. These two cost pressures absorbed the remaining flexibility in the state ’s UI tax system. As  shown in Figure  4 , the state began this period in Schedule C but quickly moved to Schedule F+, the highest tax schedule, where it has remained since.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4943