The Job Training Charade

by Lafer, Gordon

• ISBN13: 9780801489518
• ISBN10: 0801489512
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-08-31
• Publisher: Cornell Univ Pr

Author Biography

Gordon Lafer is Associate Professor at the University of Oregon's Labor Education and Research Center.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	viii
Introduction	1	(18)
1 How Many Jobs Are There?
Labor Demand and the Limits of Training Policy	19	(26)
2 How Important Is Education?
Rhetoric and Reality in the Skills Mismatch Debate	45	(43)
3 Does Job Training Work?
Lessons from the Job Training Partnership Act	88	(36)
4 Power and "Empowerment"
The Final Frontier of Job Training	124	(32)
5 The Politics of Job Training
The Legislative History of JTPA	156	(34)
6 Job Training after Welfare Reform
Training for Discipline	190	(20)
7 Conclusion
Job Training as Political Diversion	210	(15)
Appendix A: Sources and Methodology for Comparison of Labor Supply and Demand	225	(7)
Appendix B: Methodological Issues in the National JTPA Study	232	(8)
Notes	240	(53)
Index	293