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Counts of people receiving unemployment insurance benefits differ from counts of unemployed individuals measured in surveys of households.  These two measures of unemployment offer distinct, but related indicators, of trends in joblessness in the...

As businesses are experiencing unexpected effects as a result of the Coronavirus (COVID-19), the public workforce system is committed to providing service offerings and resources to support business recovery. 

These resources are related to evidence-based guidance and tools to help states understand evaluation designs and tools to meet RESEA evaluation requirements.

Examines the impact of the Unemployment Insurance program in stabilizing the economy during a deep recession.

The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Employment and Training Administration (ETA) is excited to announce a State Wage Interchange System (SWIS) Advisory Group Convening to discuss a request to conduct research and evaluation using the SWIS.

Implementation of the Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services (WPRS) system, the Reemployment Services (RES) program and the Reemployment Services Assessment (REA) were prominent steps in building a nation-wide reemployment system that...

Job loss and layoff measures are frequently referred to as worker dislocation or displacement data. They differ from unemployment data in that they usually delineate the specific time period when an individual lost his or her job, whereas the...

Survey data and case studies of workers impacted by layoffs helps in understanding the worker displacement phenomenon and the experiences shared by dislocated workers after layoff.

The resources on this page direct you to information about the aggregate mismatch between skills and employer demands in the labor market, which impacts the job finding rates of job seekers in the labor exchange.