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Issue: 2001
National Job Corps Study: Methodological Appendixes on the Impact Analysis
DescriptionIn a series of appendixes, this report discusses methodological issues related to the 48-month impact analysis for the National Job Corps Study. The appendixes are intended to complement the 48-month impact report (Schochet et al. 2001), which presents impacts of Job Corps on key participant outcomes during the 48 months after random assignment. This report contains the following five appendixes: …
PopulationYouth
ProgramJob Corps
Release Date:
Issue: 2001
National Job Corps Study: Impacts by Center Characteristics
DescriptionJob Corps is a major part of federal efforts to provide education and job training to disadvantaged youths. It provides comprehensive services--basic education, vocational skills training, health care and education, counseling, and residential support. More than 60,000 new students ages 16 to 24 enroll in Job Corps each year, at a cost to the federal government of more than $1 billion per year. …
PopulationYouth
ProgramJob Corps
Release Date:
Issue: 2000-06
Measuring the Effect of Public Labor Exchange (PLX) Referrals and Placements in Washington and Oregon
DescriptionThis report describes the analyses of the effects of direct placement services provided by public labor exchanges (PLXs) to job seekers in the states of Washington and Oregon from 1987 to 1998. A nationwide system of state-Federal PLXs was created following passage of the Wagner-Peyser Act in 1933. The goal was to determine their value and develop procedures that the U.S. Department of Labor …
PopulationAdult
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Issue: 2000-05
Independent Contractors: Prevalence and Implications for Unemployment Insurance Programs
DescriptionAs the economy continues to change, workers seeking a more flexible work environment and some who were displaced by corporate downsizing have become independent contractors. Also, the changing nature of employment and the increased use of those in the alternative workforce by businesses, including independent contractors (ICs), has attracted the attention of policymakers, because the prevailing …
ProgramUnemployment Insurance
Release Date:
Issue: 2000-04
OWS Research Exchange
DescriptionThe Office of Workforce Security Research Exchange is published by the Office of Workforce Security, Division of Research and Reporting. The Exchange provides a means of communication between researchers, both inside and outside government, and policymakers. … L. Shaw … U.S. Department of …
ProgramUnemployment Insurance
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Issue: 2000-03
Evaluation of the Impact of Telephone Initial Claims Filing
DescriptionThis study, sponsored by the United States Department of Labor (DOL), examines the effects of the conversion to remote claims filing on claims, claimants, and program operations. By examining data from a variety of sources, we find that the effects of TIC filing on the number of initial claims vary across states. Of seven states studied, one shows a clear increase in the number of claims, one a …
ProgramUnemployment Insurance
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Issue: 2000-02
Assisting Unemployment Insurance Claimants: The Long Term Impacts of the Job Search Assistance Demonstration
DescriptionThe Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991 authorized the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to conduct the Job Search Assistance (JSA) demonstration to test the feasibility of implementing job search assistance programs and measure their effectiveness in promoting rapid re-employment and reduced UI spells among Unemployment Insurance (UI) claimants. The demonstration was designed to …
ProgramUnemployment Insurance
Release Date:
Issue: 2000-01
Unemployment Insurance in the One-Stop System
DescriptionDOL funded Social Policy Research Associates (SPR) to evaluate the existing linkages between UI and One-Stop systems in a sample of states and local areas that had relatively well-established One-Stop systems. The specific goals of this study were the following: describe the current connections between UI and One-Stop systems; assess these connections from the perspectives of: UI and One-Stop …
ProgramUnemployment Insurance
Release Date:
Issue: 2000
Tests and Other Assessments: Helping You Make Better Career Decisions
DescriptionYou are about to make a career decision ¿ taking a course, applying for college, interviewing for a job, accepting a new job. It is just one of the many career decisions that you will make throughout your working life. Tests ¿ also called assessments, inventories, or career decision-making tools ¿ are available to you, counselors, and employers to help make the best career decisions possible. …
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Issue: 2000
National Job Corps Study: Job Corps Applicants' Programmatic Experiences (Final Report)
DescriptionJob Corps plays a central role in federal efforts to provide employment assistance to disadvantaged youths ages 16 to 24. The program's goal is to help these individuals become "more responsible, employable, and productive citizens" by providing them with comprehensive services that include basic education, vocational skills training, counseling, and residential support. Each year, Job Corps …
PopulationYouth
ProgramJob Corps