1. W.E.Upjohn Institute for Employment Research Key Questions Have average UI durations and exhaustion rates risen in recent years? Have changes in claimant characteristics or separation reasons affected durations? Has the repeat use of UI increased? Do reemployment services affect UI receipt? Have patterns of employer attachment changed for UI beneficiaries?

2. W.E.Upjohn Institute for Employment Research Plausible Reasons for Increase in UI Duration Increase in UI use by former TANF recipients. Industrial restructuring; less manufacturing employment. Repeat use of UI has increased. Decline in employer recall of former employees. Observed increase is a cyclical phenomenon. This page creates bulleted lists but it also includes animation (click F5 to view). To add animation to other slides, choose Slide Show from the menu bar. You can then choose from Preset Animation features or design a custom animation style. This page creates bulleted lists but it also includes animation (click F5 to view). To add animation to other slides, choose Slide Show from the menu bar. You can then choose from Preset Animation features or design a custom animation style.

3. W.E.Upjohn Institute for Employment Research Cyclical Aspects of UI Benefits and Beneficiaries UI duration and exhaustion rates move inversely to business expansions. Average prior earnings level of UI beneficiaries rose during recent recession. UI beneficiaries with higher prior earnings were a larger share of claimants during recent recession than before that event.

4. W.E.Upjohn Institute for Employment Research Former TANF Recipients and Prior Earnings of UI Claimants This page creates bulleted lists but it also includes animation (click F5 to view). To add animation to other slides, choose Slide Show from the menu bar. You can then choose from Preset Animation features or design a custom animation style. This page creates bulleted lists but it also includes animation (click F5 to view). To add animation to other slides, choose Slide Show from the menu bar. You can then choose from Preset Animation features or design a custom animation style. The share of TANF recipients among UI beneficiaries has been relatively constant since TANF began in 1996. The share of UI benefit entitled duration drawn by recent TANF recipients increased during the recent recession. A higher share of UI benefit entitled duration is drawn by beneficiaries with higher prior earnings.

5. W.E.Upjohn Institute for Employment Research Prior Industry, Occupation and Expectation of Recall UI beneficiaries during the recent recession were less likely than previously to come from a manufacturing affiliation. The share of UI beneficiaries from professional and managerial occupations rose during the recent recession. Compared to previous years, a smaller share of UI claimants now expect to be recalled by a previous employer.

6. W.E.Upjohn Institute for Employment Research Repeat UI Claims, Profiling and Use of Reemployment Services About 20 percent of UI beneficiaries return within three years; less than two percent have three or more claims in a four year period. Among repeat beneficiaries, longer durations are observed for those with a UI claim in the previous benefit year. UI beneficiaries who are not profiled use reemployment services at about half the rate of profiled beneficiaries.