Jeffrey Wenger
Areas of expertise
Contingent and nonstandard employment • Unemployment insurance • Workers’ compensation • State employment policy • Minimum wage
Biography
Jeffrey Wenger is an assistant professor at the School of Policy and International Affairs of University of Georgia. Before joining the university he was labor economist with the Economic Policy Institute. His research has focused on the development of state-level labor policies, particularly unemployment insurance policy and minimum wage and contingent employment legislation.
Education
Ph.D. Public Policy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
B.A. Mathematics, University of California, Santa Cruz
Publications by Jeffrey Wenger
Report
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April 14, 2005 | Finding the better fit: Receiving unemployment insurance increases likelihood of re-employment with health insurance
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July 21, 2003 | Share of workers in ‘nonstandard’ jobs declines
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May 15, 2003 | The broad reach of long-term unemployment
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April 16, 2003 | Divided we fall: Deserving workers slip through America’s patchwork unemployment insurance system
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March 25, 2003 | Time’s Up for the Unemployed
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March 24, 2003 | The Wrong Wage to Get the Job Done
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July 1, 2002 | Time to Fix the Federal Unemployment Benefits Program
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March 1, 2002 | Failing the Unemployed
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Oct. 1, 2001 | Coming up Short: Current Unemployment Insurance Benefits Fail to Meet Basic Family Needs
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Sept. 1, 2001 | Mending unemployment insurance with the minimum wage
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March 31, 2001 | The continuing problems with part-time jobs
Economic snapshot
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April 21, 2003 | Fair Labor Standards Act revisions don’t pay
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Oct. 9, 2002 | Unemployment and the U.S. jobs deficit
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Aug. 14, 2002 | Decline in job openings fuels unemployment
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July 24, 2002 | Few states qualify for unemployment insurance extension
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Dec. 5, 2001 | Weekly benefit amounts for the unemployed
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Nov. 28, 2001 | Help (not) wanted—service sector no respite for unemployed
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Oct. 10, 2001 | Unemployment benefits fall short
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Aug. 22, 2001 | Unemployment insurance during a downturn
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May 30, 2001 | The changing face of temp work
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Feb. 28, 2001 | Unemployment insurance claims in decline
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Nov. 22, 2000 | Tracking the temporary workforce
Commentary
Dec. 14, 2001 | Doing Well for the Economy by Doing Good for the Unemployed