May 13, 2021 | The Buckeye Institute

The Buckeye Institute Applauds Governor DeWine’s Decisions to Get More Workers Back into the Job Market

Rea S. Hederman Jr., executive director of the Economic Research Center and vice president of policy at The Buckeye Institute, issued a statement on Governor Mike DeWine’s announcement that Ohio will withdraw from the federal pandemic unemployment benefits program, which The Buckeye Institute recommended in Policy Solutions for the Pandemic: Declining Extra Unemployment Benefits Will Help Get Ohio Back to Work.

The Buckeye Institute: Declining Extra Unemployment Benefits Will Help Get Ohio Back to Work

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In a new policy memo, Policy Solutions for the Pandemic: Declining Extra Unemployment Benefits Will Help Get Ohio Back to Work, The Buckeye Institute calls on Ohio to decline Washington’s extra unemployment benefit and work instead to reduce labor shortages and get Ohioans back to work. “With job openings at an all-time high, Ohio policymakers should avoid a weakened recovery and reject Washington’s expanded unemployment benefits.”