Targeting Employment Services

by Eberts, Randall W.; O'Leary, Christopher J.; Wandner, Stephen A.

• ISBN13: 9780880992435
• ISBN10: 0880992433
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-10-01
• Publisher: W E Upjohn Inst for

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
Targeting Employment Services under the Workforce Investment Act	1	(28)
Stephen A. Wandner
Part I: Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services
Predicting the Exhaustion of Unemployment Compensation	29	(32)
Robert B. Olsen
Marisa Kelso
Paul T. Decker
Daniel H. Klepinger
Comments on Chapter 2	57	(4)
Mark C. Berger
Evaluation of WPRS Systems	61	(30)
Katherine P. Dickinson
Paul T. Decker
Suzanne D. Kreutzer
Comments on Chapter 3	83	(4)
John Heinberg
Comments on Chapter 3	87	(4)
Walter Nicholson
A Panel Discussion on the WPRS System	91	(22)
Pete Fleming
Al Jaloviar
Helen Parker
Marc Perrett
Comments on Part I: The Changing Role of the Public Employment Service	103	(10)
David E. Balducchi
Part II: Applications of Targeting Methods
Profiling in Self-Employment Assistance Programs	113	(48)
Jon C. Messenger
Carolyn Peterson-Vaccaro
Wayne Vroman
Comments on Chapter 5	155	(4)
Jacob M. Benus
Comments on Chapter 5	159	(2)
Wayne Gordon
Targeting Reemployment Bonuses	161	(26)
Christopher J. O'Leary
Paul T. Decker
Stephen A. Wandner
Comments on Chapter 6	183	(4)
Jennifer Warlick
Measures of Program Performance and the Training Choices of Displaced Workers	187	(34)
Louis Jacobson
Robert LaLonde
Daniel Sullivan
Comments on Chapter 7	215	(6)
Kevin Hollenbeck
Using Statistical Assessment Tools to Target Services to Work First Participants	221	(24)
Randall W. Eberts
Targeting Job Retention Services for Welfare Recipients	245	(38)
Anu Rangarajan
Peter Schochet
Dexter Chu
Comments on Chapter 9	269	(6)
Timothy J. Bartik
Comments on Chapters 8 and 9	275	(8)
Don Oellerich
Part III: Canadian Approaches for Targeting Employment Services
Targeting Reemployment Services in Canada	283	(26)
Terry Colpitts
Comments on Chapter 10	303	(6)
Jeffrey Smith
Predicting Long-Term Unemployment in Canada	309	(28)
Ging Wong
Harold Henson
Arun Roy
Comments on Chapter 11	329	(8)
Jeffrey Smith
Part IV: New Directions for Targeting Employment Services
A Frontline Decision Support System for One-Stop Centers	337	(48)
Randall W. Eberts
Christopher J. O'Leary
Kelly J. DeRango
Comments on Chapter 12	381	(4)
Helen Parker
A Panel Discussion on the Experience and Future Plans of States	385	(10)
Rich Hobbie
Jim Finch
Chuck Middlebrooks
Jack Weidenbach
Postscript	395	(2)
The Authors	397	(4)
Conference Attendees	401	(4)
Cited Author Index	405	(4)
Subject Index	409	(16)
About the Institute	425