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Assignment 1: Research Proposal – Thesis, Major Points, And Plan

Lucy Rowell

Professor Sloan

ENG 215

1/21/18

Unemployment regulations ought to be altered in numerous ways. Within all states, laws ought to be passed compelling people getting unemployment benefits to undertake random drug screening throughout the life of their respective claim (Bosch & Esteban-Pretel, 2015). Thus, no individual ought to be allowed to receive government relief while utilizing illegal narcotics.

Moreover, there ought to be regulations that would make drug testing policy fair to the existing applications as well as to grant the opportunity undergo rehabilitation. Nevertheless, the laws ought to be fairer to the taxpayers by possessing time restrictions as well as other regulations about the unemployment benefits and the utilization of the illegal narcotics by the underlying beneficiary (Inderbitzin, Staubli & Zweimüller, 2016).

Research questions

The primary research question will be

I. Why should Congress widen emergency unemployment repayments?

II. Are state unemployment benefits insufficient?

III. Does unemployment benefits lift individuals out of poverty?

Characteristics of the audience

The research will extend to the Congress that is mandated with management and amendments of the unemployment benefits (Inderbitzin, Staubli & Zweimüller, 2016). The change of the unemployment of benefits depends on the rate of the unemployment, rate of poverty, the amount allocated and the merits of the funds. An unemployment benefit assists many people to feed their respective families thus deemed to be significant in reducing the level of poverty (Vandenbroucke et al., 2016). Moreover, Unemployment benefits have been continuously cited to be one of the most effective policies regarding spurring economic development.

Scope and outline of the proposal

The proposal will cover thesis and problem statement, research questions, the significance of the topic as well as the justification of the issue.

Major plans

The research proposal will use both qualitative and quantitative method in research design sections as well as formulating viable results.

References

Bosch, M., & Esteban-Pretel, J. (2015). The labor market effects of introducing unemployment benefits in an economy with high informality. European Economic Review, 75, 1-17.

Vandenbroucke, F., Luigjes, C., Wood, D. J., & Lievens, K. (2016). Institutional moral hazard in the multi-tiered regulation of unemployment and social assistance benefits.

Inderbitzin, L., Staubli, S., & Zweimüller, J. (2016). Extended unemployment benefits and early retirement: Program complementarity and program substitution. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 8(1), 253-288.