Impact of the Reemployment and Eligibility Assessment (REA) Initiative in Nevada

"The objective of the ... study [was] to address the following key questions related to the efficacy of the Nevada REA program: 1) Did REA reduce UI benefit duration and UI benefit amounts received?, 2) Was REA effective in expediting the reemployment of UI claimants?, and 3) Did REA lead to UI Trust Fund savings and, if so, did these exceed REA program costs?

In this report, [the authors] addressed the above research questions using Nevada’s administrative UI data and intrastate Wage Records for all REA-eligible UI claimants who entered the program from July 2009 through December 2009. These data provided rich information on the socioeconomic characteristics, UI eligibility, and prior wages of claimants at the start of their UI claim. The data also provided the following claimant information: 1) UI receipt from program entry through September 2011, and 2) Quarterly wages earned in the 6 calendar quarters after program entry” (p.2). (Abstractor: Author and Website Staff)

"[The authors] results show that the Nevada REA program was very effective in assisting claimants exit the UI program sooner than they would have in the absence of the program, leading to lower UI duration and producing important savings for the UI Trust Fund. [The authors] also find that the program was very effective in assisting claimants find employment in the period following program entry. Based on these results, [the authors] conclude that the Nevada REA program is a very effective policy tool for reducing UI duration and assisting UI claimants to return to productive employment more rapidly than they would in the absence of the program" (p.2). (Abstractor: Author)

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• Resource Publication Date: 2012
• Author(s): Michaelides, Marios; Poe-Yamagata, Eileen; Benus, Jacob; Tirumalasetti, Dharmendra
• Organizational Author(s): Impaq International
• Funding Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
• Resource Availability: Publicly available
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• Posted in: Workforce System Strategies