Development of an Employment Profiling Model

New Editions is developing an advanced unemployment insurance (UI) profiling model for the state of New Jersey. Under the Unemployment Compensation Amendments of 1993 state agencies must establish a Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services (WPRS) system to identify UI claimants most likely to exhaust their UI benefits, and refer them to reemployment services to expedite their return to employment. Ideally, this system helps states reduce both the claim duration rate and the benefit exhaustion rate. New Editions is building the next generation profiling model for New Jersey. We will first provide a working update of the current profiling model and then develop the next generation UI profiling model, utilizing the latest research in profiling technology and incorporating the latest recommendation from USDOL and academic researchers. To develop this model, we are using a 100% sample of the New Jersey UI data, with the data being housed and analyzed at New Editions’ secure facility.