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Kimberly N. Meyer is a registered Democrat from Louisville...
Continually easing the pain of jobless Americans, it turns out, can contribute to high jobless rates by warping incentives to look for work. "The consensus estimates show that unemployment benefits do prolong unemployment spells by quite a bit," says University of Chicago economist Bruce Meyer, who has produced academic studies on the issue dating back to the recession of the early 1980s. (See 10 ways your job will change...
...here's the catch: past studies by academics such as Meyer and Harvard's Lawrence Katz show that people are most likely to find a job just as their unemployment benefits run out. Many people use that thin cushion to wait until the last minute to act. They pass up lower-paying, less desirable jobs, or they avoid moving to take a job. Adds Davis: "Surveys show people are very pessimistic about this labor market and their job prospects, and they think it's not worth the effort to look. The generosity of benefits makes it easier to take that...
Senior Mason Brunnick and co-captain Alex Meyer combined for three victories in the distance freestyle races. Brunnick claimed the 200-yard and 500-yard events in times of 1:41.28 and 4:32.82, respectively, while Meyer finished the 1000-yard freestyle...
...Meyer and junior Blake Lewkowitz led the charge in the 500-yard freestyle, claiming first and second place, respectively. Meyer posted a 4:36.63 finish, while Lewkowitz touched the wall...