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Issue: 2017-06
The Green Jobs and Health Care Impact Evaluation: Special Topic Paper on Standard Error Estimation in Evaluations with No-Shows
DescriptionThis report examines treatment group members in randomized experiments who may choose not to participate in program services despite being offered access to these services. In this paper, a comparison of alternative computations of the standard error of the treatment-on-the-treated (TOT) impact is conducted using three approaches (the Bloom correction, Instrumental Variables (IV), and the …
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Issue: 2017-04
Wage Insurance and Wage Supplements: Final Evaluation Design Report
DescriptionThe U.S. labor market has changed significantly in many respects since the creation of the unemployment insurance (UI) program in 1935. The provision of cash benefits associated with UI has changed as well, yet the basic structure of the UI program remains the same. Due to the possibility that features of the UI program may need to keep pace with the changing nature of work, policy makers are …
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Issue: 2017-03
Implementation of the H-1B Technical Skills Training Grants:Grantee Characteristics and Experiences Providing Employer-Based Training
DescriptionThis report describes the implementation of the U.S. Department of Labor's H-1B Technical Skills Training Grants program. To address skill shortages in the U.S. labor market, the Employment and Training Administration awarded 76 grants, in 2011 and 2012, to partnerships of workforce agencies, training providers, employers, and other organizations. The grant programs were designed to train …
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Issue: 2017-02
Strategies for Connecting Unemployment Insurance (UI) Claimants to the Workforce System: Findings from the Implementation Study of the UI Workforce Connectivity Grant Program
DescriptionThe U.S. Department of Labor (Department) has continued to explore strategies to improve UI claimants' access to re-employment services provided through the public workforce system to speed their return to work in good jobs with good wages. The use of virtual service delivery methods to administer the UI program has steadily increased since the 1990s and now most UI claimants apply for and …
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Issue: 2017-01
Experiences of Three States in Developing Social Media Strategies for Employment Assistance Programs
DescriptionThe country's workforce system is continually in need of effective strategies to connect job seekers to job openings and to facilitate rapid entry into suitable employment. One promising tool is social media. Given its explosive growth as a primary communication method in both the professional and personal realms, social media potentially offers the workforce system a way to enhance the job …
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Issue: 2016-10
Labor Market and DOL-Funded Employment Assistance for Older Workers: Statistical Analysis Report
DescriptionThis study uses nationally representative data to illustrate trends in labor force participation, retirement, and earnings among older workers in the periods before, during, and after the Great Recession (GR). In the study, older workers are defined as those age 50 and older. The report assesses six sub-groups (50-56, 57-61, 62-66, 67-71, and 72-76, and 77 and over) within that population using …
PopulationAdult
Research MethodologyLiterature Review
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Issue: 2016-09
Labor Market and DOL-Funded Employment Assistance for Older Workers: Literature Review Report
DescriptionThe literature review presented in this report examines supply- and demand-side factors that affect older workers' (aged 55 and over) labor force participation and labor market outcomes more generally. Supply-side factors include individuals' socioeconomic and demographic characteristics, government assistance programs and Social Security benefits, and public workforce programs. Demand-side …
PopulationAdult
Research MethodologyLiterature Review
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Issue: 2016-14
Internet Access for Pre-Release Job Search Training - Issue Brief: Early Lessons from LEAP
DescriptionSecuring Internet access is a critical planning issue for the creation of a jail-based American Job Center (AJC). Community-based AJCs increasingly offer resources via the Internet, as the majority of job search activities and applications now occur online. However, correctional facilities often do not offer any Internet access for inmates due to security concerns, and in jails where Internet …
PopulationAdult, Youth
ProgramRe-integration of Ex-Offender, Wagner-Peyser/Employment Service (ES) Program, Dislocated Worker Program, Youth Program, Adult Program
Research MethodologyQualitative Analysis
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Issue: 2016-12
Worker Classification Knowledge Survey
DescriptionWorker misclassification is the practice, intended or unintended, of assigning the status of independent contractor to a worker who is in fact an employee according to the current legal standard. This type of misclassification potentially keeps the worker from receiving the statutory protections offered to employees (e.g., minimum wage, overtime), and also often prevents the worker from accessing …
PopulationAdult, Employers
Research MethodologyQualitative Analysis, Quantitative Analysis
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Issue: 2016-08
Building a Future: Interim Impact Findings from the YouthBuild Evaluation
DescriptionBuilding a Future: Interim Impact Findings from the YouthBuild Evaluation This report presents program implementation findings from the national evaluation of YouthBuild, a program providing a mix of academics, vocational training, leadership development, community service, and other activities to high school dropouts facing an array of challenges to educational and employment success. YouthBuild …