Selected Publications by Policy Area

Job-Search Assistance Policy

Michaelides M., Mueser P., Poe-Yamagata E., and Nearchou, P. (2024). Evaluation of the Iowa RCM/RESEA Program: Interim Report. Prepared for the Iowa Workforce Development. Rockville, MD: Actus Policy Research. [Read]

Michaelides M., Mueser P., Poe-Yamagata E., and Nearchou, P. (2024). Randomized Controlled Trial Impact Study of the Nevada RESEA Program: Interim Report. Prepared for the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation. Rockville, MD: Actus Policy Research. [Read]

Michaelides M., Mueser P., Poe-Yamagata E., and Davis S. (2023). Wisconsin Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessment (RESEA) Program: Second Annual Evaluation Report. Prepared for the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development. Rockville, MD: Actus Policy Research. [Read]

Michaelides M., Mueser P., and Smith J. (2021). Do Reemployment Programs for the Unemployed Work for Youth? Evidence from the Great Recession in the United States. Economic Inquiry, Vol. 59, No. 1, pp 162-185. [Read]

Michaelides M. and Mueser P. (2020). The Labor Market Effects of U.S. Reemployment Policy: Experimental Evidence from Four Programs during the Great Recession. Journal of Labor Economics, Vol. 38, No. 4, pp. 1099-1140. [Read]

Michaelides M. and Mueser P. (2018). Are Reemployment Services Effective? Experimental Evidence from the Great Recession. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Vol. 37, No. 3, pp. 546-570. [Read]

Chamberlain A., Kracker Selzer A., Magill K., Poe-Yamagata E., and Toms Barker L. (2017). Evaluating the Accessibility of American Job Centers for People with Disabilities. Final Report submitted to the U.S. Department of Labor [Read]

Manoli D., Michaelides M., and Patel A. (2018). Long-Term Effects of Job-Search Assistance: Experimental Evidence using Administrative Tax Data. NBER Working Paper No. 24422. [Read]

Michaelides M., Poe-Yamagata E., Benus J., and Tirumalasetti D. (2012). Impact of the Reemployment and Eligibility Assessment Initiative in Nevada. ETA Occasional Paper 2012-08, US Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Washington, DC. [Read]

Poe-Yamagata E., Benus J., Bill N., Carrington H., Michaelides M., and Shen T. (2012). Impact of the Reemployment and Eligibility Assessment Initiative. ETA Occasional Paper 2012-08, US Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Washington, DC. [Read]

Unemployment & Unemployment Insurance Policy

JSA Policy

Chamberlain A., Kracker Selzer A., Magill K., Poe-Yamagata E., and Toms Barker L. (2017). Evaluating the Accessibility of American Job Centers for People with Disabilities. Final Report submitted to the U.S. Department of Labor [Read]

Michaelides M. (2014). Repeat Use of Unemployment Insurance. Monthly Labor Review, September 2014, pp. 1-27. [Read]

Chan M., Michaelides M., and Sisi Z. (2014). Who Receives Unemployment Insurance? Research in Applied Economics, Vol. 6, No.3, pp. 98-128. [Read]

Michaelides M. and Mueser P. (2013). The Role of Industry and Occupation in Recent U.S. Unemployment Differentials by Gender, Race, and Ethnicity. Eastern Economic Journal, Vol. 39, pp.358-386. [Read]

Michaelides M. and Mueser P. (2012). Changes in the Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Recipients. Monthly Labor Review, July 2012, pp. 28-47. [Read]

Michaelides M. and Mueser P. (2009), Recent Changes in the Characteristics of Unemployed Workers. ETA Occasional Paper 2009-13, Employment and Training Administration, US Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Washington, DC. [Read]

Entrepreneurship Policy

Michaelides M. (2021). Nascent Entrepreneurship and Race: Evidence from the GATE Experiment. Journal of Small Business Management, Vol. 59, No. 6, pp. 1211-1249. [Read]

Michaelides M. and Davis S. (2020). From Unemployment to Self-Employment: The Role of Entrepreneurship Training. IZA Journal of Labor Policy, Vol. 10, Issue 18. [Read]

Davis S., Michaelides M., Poe-Yamagata E., and Davis A. (2017). Evaluation of the GATE II Grants: Is Self-Employment Training Effective for Rural and Older Dislocated Workers? ETA Occasional Paper 2017-09, US Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Washington, DC. [Read]

Kugler M., Michaelides M., Nanda N., and Agbayani C. (2017). Entrepreneurship in Low-Income Areas. US Small Business Administration, Office of Advocacy, Research Issues, September 2017, No. 437. [Read]

Michaelides M. and Benus J. (2012). Are Self-Employment Training Programs Effective? Evidence from Project GATE. Labour Economics, Vol. 19, No. 5, pp. 695-705. [Read]

Training & Education Policy

Michaelides M., and Poe-Yamagata E. (2023). Impact Evaluation of PowerCorpsPHL: Final Report. Prepared for EducationWorks. Rockville, MD: Actus Policy Research. [Read]

Jepsen C., Mueser P., and Troske K. (2017). Second Chance for High School Dropouts? A Regression Discontinuity Analysis of Postsecondary Educational Returns to the GED. Journal of Labor Economics, Vol. 35, No. S1, pp. S273-S304. [Read]

Jepsen C., Mueser P., and Troske K. (2016). Labor-Market Returns to the GED Using Regression Discontinuity Analysis. Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 124, No. 3, pp. 621-649. [Read]

Michaelides M., Mueser P., and Kassim M. (2014). Quasi-Experimental Impact Study of NFWS/SIF Workforce Partnership Programs: Evidence on the Effectiveness of Three Workforce Partnership Programs in Ohio. Final Report, National Fund for Workforce Solutions, March 2014. [Read]

Heinrich C., Mueser P., Troske K., Jeon K., and Kahvecioglu D. (2013). Do Public Employment and Training Programs Work? IZA Journal of Labor Economics, Vol. 2, No. 6, pp. 1-23. [Read]

Heinrich C., Mueser P., and K. Troske, Workforce Investment Act Non-Experimental Net Impact Evaluation. Final Report for the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, March 2009. [Read]

Other Labor Market Policy

Michaelides M., Davis S., and Mbwana K. (2014). Implementation and Random Assignment Evaluation of the OSHA SST11 Program. Evaluation Report, prepared for the U.S. Department of Labor, Chief Evaluator Office. [Read]

Michaelides M. (2011). The Role of Local Ties, Wages, and Housing Costs in Individual Migration Decisions. Journal of Socio-Economics, Vol. 40, No. 2, pp. 132-140. [Read]

Michaelides M. (2010). A New Test of Compensating Differences: The Importance of Unobserved Heterogeneity. Journal of Sports Economics, Vol. 11, No. 5, pp. 475-495. [Read]

Michaelides M. (2010). Labor Market Oligopsonistic Competition: The Effect of Worker Immobility on Wages. Labour Economics, Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 230-239. [Read]

Welfare Policy

Mueser P., Ribar D., and Tekin E. (2019). Food Stamps and the Working Poor. Kalamazoo, Michigan: W.E. Upjohn Institute. [Read]

Heflin C. and Mueser P. (2019). UI and SNAP Receipt in the Sun: The Great Recession and Its Aftermath in Florida. In Christopher O’Leary and Stephen Wandner (editors), Strengths of the Social Safety Net in the Great Recession: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance and Unemployment Insurance. Kalamazoo, Michigan: W.E. Upjohn Institute. [Read]

Heflin C. and Mueser P. (2019). Program Participation in the Show Me State: Missouri Responds to the Great Recession. In Christopher O’Leary and Stephen Wandner (editors), Strengths of the Social Safety Net in the Great Recession: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance and Unemployment Insurance. Kalamazoo, Michigan: W.E. Upjohn Institute. [Read]

Heflin C., Hodges L., and Mueser P. (2017). SNAP Benefits and Emergency Room Visits for Hypoglycemia. Public Health Nutrition, Vol. 20, No. 7, pp. 1314-1321. [Read]

Criminal Justice & Youth Policy

Michaelides M., and Poe-Yamagata E. (2023). Impact Evaluation of PowerCorpsPHL: Final Report. Prepared for EducationWorks. Rockville, MD: Actus Policy Research. [Read]

Michaelides M., Mueser P., and Smith J. (2021). Do Reemployment Programs for the Unemployed Work for Youth? Evidence from the Great Recession in the United States. Economic Inquiry, Vol. 59, No. 1, pp 162-185. [Read]

Markowitz S., Nesson E., Poe-Yamagata E., Florence C., Deb Partha, Andrews R., and Barnett S. (2012). Estimating the Relationship between Alcohol Policies and Criminal Violence and Victimization. German Economic Review, Vol. 13, No. 4, pp. 416-435. [Read]

Poe-Yamagata E. and Noya, M.W (2005). Race Disparities in the Juvenile Justice System. In K.H. Barrett and W.H. George (editors): Race, Culture, Psychology, and Law. Sage Publications, Inc., 2005.