Improving the Odds Increasing the Effectiveness of Publicly Funded Training

by Barnow, Burt S.; King, Christopher T.

• ISBN13: 9780877666899
• ISBN10: 087766689X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-02-01
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

The labor market has changed dramatically in recent decades. In the 1980s, an average of 2 million workers each year lost their jobs because of the increasingly global economy, rapid advances in technology global economy, rapid advances in technology, and corporate downsizing. During the same period, immigration increased and Congress passed welfare reform legislation that required many more Americans to join the workforce. Legislators have looked closely at federal job training programs in recent years, and in 1998 passed the two major acts mandating change. In Improving the Odds, experts on labor policy explore the effects of current programs on earnings and employment, recommend improvements in programs, and assess the methodologies used to measure their effectiveness. The editors offer several strategies to help policymakers design programs that fulfill the promise of keeping workers out of poverty.

Table of Contents

Foreword	xvii
Publicly Funded Training in a Changing Labor Market	1	(18)
Burt S. Barnow
Christopher T. King
The Economic, Demographic, and Social Context of Future Employment and Training Programs	19	(30)
Frank Bennici
Steven Mangum
Andrew M. Sum
Welfare Employment Programs: Impacts and Cost-Effectiveness of Employment and Training Activities	49	(52)
Lisa Plimpton
Demetra Smith Nightingale
The Impact of Job Training Partnership Act Programs for Adult Welfare Recipients	101	(28)
Jodi Nudelman
Training success Stories for Adults and Out-of-School Youth: A Tale of Two States	129	(56)
Christopher T. King
Jerome A. Olson
Leslie O. Lawson
Charles E. Trott
John Baj
Employment and Training Programs for Out-of-School Youth: Past Effects and Lessons for the Future	185	(24)
Robert I. Lerman
Customized Training for Employers: Training People for Jobs That Exist and Employers Who Want to Hire Them	209	(18)
Kellie Isbell
John Trutko
Burt S. Barnow
Training Programs for Dislocated Workers	227	(34)
Duane E. Leigh
Methodologies for Determining the Effectiveness of Training Programs	261	(32)
Daniel Friedlander
David H. Greenberg
Philip K. Robins
Reflections on Training Policies and Programs	293	(42)
Garth L. Mangum
Strategies for Improving the Odds	335	(12)
Burt S. Barnow
Christopher T. King
Index	347	(10)
About the Editors	357	(2)
About the Contributors	359