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Release Date:
Issue: 1999
Evaluation of Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services Policy Workgroup: Final Report and Recommendations
DescriptionThis report presents a list of seven recommendations concerning the future direction of the Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services (WPRS) system based on the work of the Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services Policy Workgroup. The Policy Workgroup, established in January 1998, was composed of State, Regional and Federal workforce development staff. The charge of the Group was to examine …
PopulationAdult
ProgramUnemployment Insurance
Release Date:
Issue: 1999
Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services Policy Workgroup: Final Report and Recommendations
DescriptionThe Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services (WPRS) Policy Workgroup was established in January 1998. The WPRS Policy Workgroup was composed of State, Regional and Federal workforce development staff. The Policy Workgroup's charge was to examine the WPRS system as it has evolved from 1994-98 and provide recommendations to improve its quality and to make it more effective in achieving its …
PopulationAdult, New Entrants/Reentrants
ProgramUnemployment Insurance
Research MethodologyQualitative Analysis
Release Date:
Issue: 1999
National Job Corps Study: Report on the Process Analysis
DescriptionThis report presents the findings of a process study of Job Corps operations. The study was conducted as part of the National Job Corps Study, whose purpose is to measure the effects of Job Corps participation on students' post-program earnings and related outcomes. In support of this broad goal, the process study describes and documents program services and operations. Data for the process study …
PopulationYouth
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Issue: 1999
An Evaluation of the JTPA, Section 401, Indian and Native American Program
DescriptionThis report presents the findings from a three-year study of the JTPA Title IV, Section 401, Indian and Native American (INA) Program. The program is designed to deliver employment and training services to Indians and Native Americans throughout the nation, through a network of grantees that includes tribal governments and other Indian organizations. The study was designed to examine the goals …
PopulationNative American
Release Date:
Issue: 1999
National Job Corps Study: The Value of the Output and Services Produced by Students While Enrolled in Job Corps
DescriptionThe Job Corps program serves economically disadvantaged youths between the ages of 16 and 24 who can benefit from a wide range of education, vocational training, and support services in a predominantly residential setting. The National Job Corps Study, funded by the U.S. Department of Labor, was designed to provide a rigorous assessment of the effectiveness of the program. As part of that study, …
PopulationYouth
ProgramJob Corps
Release Date:
Issue: 1999
State Financed and Customized Training Programs
DescriptionThis report was prepared by the U.S. Department of Labor¿s Employment and Training Administration and describes the States¿ customized, employer specific training--including current and historical data--for incumbent workers and new hires. As the States prepare to implement the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998, state programs are of particular interest as the Act authorizes the expenditure …
PopulationAdult
Research MethodologyQualitative Analysis
Release Date:
Issue: 1999
Guide to JTPA Performance Standards for Program Years 1998 and 1999
DescriptionThis Technical Assistance Guide (TAG) presents key information needed to administer Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) performance standards. It presents an overview of DOL's performance standards policies for Program Years (PYs) 1998 and 1999, which have been revised minimally from Program Years 1996 and 1997. It also presents a summary of what's new for PY 98. The Guide also discusses how …
PopulationAdult, Dislocated Workers, Youth
Research MethodologyTechnical Assistance
Release Date:
Issue: 1999
The Lifelong Learning Demonstration: Final Evaluation Report on the Experimental Site
DescriptionThis demonstration to test strategies for promoting continuing education and training among mature incumbent workers (individuals age 25 and over with recent work experience) was initiated by the Department of Labor. A targeted public information campaign was conducted to provide information on the benefits of additional education and training and financial aid options, and to make it easier for …
PopulationAdult
Research MethodologyRCT (Randomized Control Trial)
Release Date:
Issue: 1999-8
Unemployment Insurance as an Automatic Stabilizer: Evidence of Effectiveness Over Three Decades
DescriptionThe countercyclical effectiveness of the UI program reflects the capability to dampen fluctuations n GDP during recessions and booms. In recent years, increasing attention has been directed towards the UI program, questioning its relevance for current federal policy and the need for UI in today?s modern global economy, and disputing the effectiveness of the program. This study examines conceptual …
PopulationAdult
ProgramUnemployment Insurance
Research MethodologyQuantitative Analysis
Release Date:
Issue: 1999-7
Analysis of Unemployment Insurance Recipiency Rates
DescriptionThe standard measure of the UI Recipiency Rate (Standard Rate) has fallen from the 1970s to the 1990s, suggesting an erosion in the effectiveness of UI system. This rate declined sharply from the mid-seventies to the early eighties. From the early eighties to the nineties, the Standard Rate increased modestly, but is still below its mid-seventies level. While researchers have identified many …
PopulationAdult
ProgramUnemployment Insurance
Research MethodologyQuantitative Analysis