Training That Works : Lessons from California's Employment Training Panel Program

by Moore, Richard W.; Blake, Daniel R.; Phillips, G. Michael; McConaughy, Daniel

• ISBN13: 9780880992572
• ISBN10: 0880992573
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-04-01
• Publisher: W E Upjohn Inst for

Table of Contents

Acknowledgment	ix
1 Introduction	1	(6)
State-Funded Training Programs	2	(2)
purpose of This Book	4	(3)
2 A Policy History of ETP	7	(10)
Pay for Performance Shapes the Program	7	(2)
Funding Priorities: A Moving Target	9	(4)
How, and How Much, To Pay for Training	13	(3)
Notes	16	(1)
3 A Theoretical Perspective on the Participants in State Training Programs	17	(18)
Individual Workers: "Show Me the Money!"	17	(3)
Companies: An Investor's Perspective	20	(6)
The Training Consultant: The Hidden Hand	26	(7)
Government Agencies	33	(2)
4 Training Outcomes: Impact on the Trainees	35	(28)
The Impact on Earnings, Unemployment, and Employment Stability	36	(24)
Notes	60	(3)
5 ETP at Work: A Qualitative Examination of the Delivery of ETP Training and Its Impact on Trainees	63	(62)
Research Methods	64	(6)
An ETP Training Model	70	(8)
Field Research	78	(29)
Overall Impact of Training on Trainees	107	(1)
Impact of Training on Productivity	108	(2)
Impact of Training on Work Environment	110	(2)
Institutional Arrangements	112	(5)
Potential Training Effectiveness by Contract Type	117	(5)
What We Learned	122	(1)
Notes	123	(2)
6 Impact on Companies	125	(28)
Case Studies of the Impact of ETP-Funded Training on Company Performance	126	(14)
Statistical Analysis of the Impact of Training on Company Growth	140	(13)
7 The Economic Impact of ETP Training	153	(20)
The Training Outcomes and Their Economic Benefits	154	(17)
Notes	171	(2)
8 Recommendations	173	(24)
Recommendations for Policymakers	173	(9)
Methodology Recommendations for Evaluators	182	(15)
Appendix A: Characteristics of Customized Training Programs, 1998-1999	197	(4)
References	201	(4)
The Authors	205	(2)
Index	207	(12)
About the Institute	219