The Recent Labor Market Downturn as a Natural Experiment, Part 1:

Unemployment Insurance (UI) Claimant Labor Market Behavior: Length of Benefit Collection and the Likelihood of Exiting the Labor Market
(Tables and Figures)

by: Patrick Harris, Principal Economist

Related Article

Tables 1, 2, 3
Figures 1, 2, 3, 4

 

Table 1: Exit Rate of Wyoming Unemployment Insurance (UI) Claimants Who Left Wyoming’s Labor Market (Leavers) and Employment in Partner States by Gender, 2005-2012

Year Claim Filed	Total UI Claimants	Total Claimants Who Left Wyoming’s Labor Market (Leavers)		Male Leavers Who Had Wages in Partner States		Female Leavers Who Had Wages in Partner States
		N	%	N	%	N	%
2005	2,464	369	15.0%	111	30.1%	80	21.7%
2006	3,204	526	16.4%	175	33.3%	102	19.4%
2007	3,738	634	17.0%	238	37.5%	89	14.0%
2008	5,511	1,126	20.4%	456	40.5%	150	13.3%
2009	14,968	3,682	24.6%	1,806	49.0%	367	10.0%
2010	9,650	2,530	26.2%	1,160	45.8%	292	11.5%
2011	7,026	2,216	31.5%	994	44.9%	259	11.7%
2012	6,519	2,188	33.6%	913	41.7%	262	12.0%
Total	53,080	13,271	25.0%	5,853	44.1%	1,601	12.1%
Leavers are Unemployment Insurance (UI) claimants who left Wyoming’s labor market. Partner states are state labor market information (LMI) offices with which Research & Planning has data-sharing agreements. These states are Alaska, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Utah.

 

 

 

Table 2: Exit Rate of Wyoming Unemployment Insurance (UI) Claimants Who Left Wyoming’s Labor Market (Leavers) and Employment in Partner States by Industry and Median Age, 2005-2012

Industry	Total UI Claimants	Total Leavers			Leavers Who Had Wages in Partner States
		N	%	Median Age of Leavers	N	%
Natural Resources & Mining	5,410	1,198	22.1%	35.6	737	61.5%
Construction	12,348	2,733	22.1%	37.7	1,648	60.3%
Manufacturing	2,232	317	14.2%	40.9	156	49.2%
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities	6,820	1,231	18.0%	41.7	564	45.8%
Information & Financial Activites	1,163	214	18.4%	39.9	84	39.3%
Professional & Business Services	4,123	883	21.4%	39.2	465	52.7%
Educational & Health Services	3,424	697	20.4%	42.2	319	45.8%
Leisure & Hospitality	6,960	1,189	17.1%	32.1	542	45.6%
Other Services	1,377	303	22.0%	40.1	141	46.5%
Public Administration	2,929	814	27.8%	33.0	294	36.1%
Unclassified	6,294	3,692	58.7%	38.1	2,504	67.8%
Total	53,080	13,271	23.84%	37.9	7,454	50.1%
Leavers are Unemployment Insurance (UI) claimants who left Wyoming’s labor market. Partner states are state labor market information (LMI) offices with which Research & Planning has data-sharing agreements. These states are Alaska, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Utah.

 

Table 3: Exit Rate of Wyoming Unemployment Insurance (UI) Claimants Who Left Wyoming’s Labor Market (Leavers) and Employment in Partner States by County of Residence, 2005-2012

County of Claim	Total UI Claimants	Total Leavers		Average Weeks of Benefits Claimed for Leavers		Leavers Who Had Wages in Partner States
		N	%	Males	Females	N	%
Albany	1,467	252	17.2%	26.5	30.3	121	48.0%
Big Horn	718	97	13.5%	26.8	29.2	42	43.3%
Campbell	3,036	401	13.2%	27.0	32.9	188	46.9%
Carbon	1,144	170	14.9%	26.9	30.3	85	50.0%
Converse	719	94	13.1%	28.1	26.4	42	44.7%
Crook	350	53	15.1%	32.4	31.5	24	45.3%
Fremont	2,945	346	11.7%	27.6	32.7	146	42.2%
Goshen	629	104	16.5%	18.9	30.8	63	60.6%
Hot Springs	277	38	13.7%	38.4	32.1	12	31.6%
Johnson	648	90	13.9%	27.0	33.2	34	37.8%
Laramie	6,200	887	14.3%	28.6	32.3	385	43.4%
Lincoln	1,213	159	13.1%	26.1	33.5	71	44.7%
Natrona	5,507	631	11.5%	32.5	34.4	225	35.7%
Niobrara	100	15	15.0%	17.0	33.9	9	60.0%
Park	2,029	277	13.7%	24.2	31.4	125	45.1%
Platte	488	53	10.9%	24.4	34.6	24	45.3%
Sheridan	2,463	329	13.4%	30.9	32.5	142	43.2%
Sublette	743	142	19.1%	27.8	31.9	69	48.6%
Sweetwater	2,920	441	15.1%	31.5	31.2	226	51.2%
Teton	3,068	306	10.0%	25.7	24.5	132	43.1%
Uinta	1,412	220	15.6%	28.9	32.5	129	58.6%
Washakie	573	61	10.6%	23.6	30.9	23	37.7%
Weston	327	34	10.4%	40.1	39.4	16	47.1%
Out of State	14,046	8,058	57.4%	22.2	22.3	5,115	63.5%
Unknown (WY)	58	13	22.4%	16.9	16.3	6	46.2%
Total	38,976	5,200	13.3%	27.9	31.8	2,333	45.8%
Leavers are Unemployment Insurance (UI) claimants who left Wyoming’s labor market. Partner states are state labor market information (LMI) offices with which Research & Planning has data-sharing agreements. These states are Alaska, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Utah.