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Issue: 2005-07
Workforce Development in Rural Areas
DescriptionThis report examines the provision of workforce development services in rural areas and the challenges rural One-Stop systems face in providing those services.   Key research questions included understanding: rural One-Stop service networks of access points and their challenges, other means of providing workforce development services to rural residents, rural One-Stop partnerships and the role of …
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Issue: 2005-06
Net Impact Estimates for Services Provided through the Workforce Investment Act
DescriptionThis paper reports on the net impacts, or "value added," of Workforce Investment Act (WIA) services on employment, earnings, and other outcomes of interest using administrative data from seven states including Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Missouri, Texas and Washington.   A quasi-experimental approach was used to estimate the net impacts of participation in WIA.   The treatment group is …
PopulationAdult, Dislocated Workers
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Issue: 2005-04
Trend and Cycle Analysis of Unemployment Insurance and the Employment Service
DescriptionThis report traces historical developments in two major DOL programs: State Unemployment Insurance (UI) and the federal-state Employment Service (ES). Developments in the UI program are traced from the late 1940s while ES program activities are traced from the late 1960s. For both programs, the report emphasizes long term trends as well as changes that have occurred over the course of the …
ProgramUnemployment Insurance
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Issue: 2005-01
The Workforce Investment Act in Eight States
DescriptionThis report concludes a two-year study of workforce service delivery in eight states, sixteen local areas, and more than thirty local One-Stop Career Centers operating under the auspices of the federal Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998 (Public Law 105-220). The purpose of this study is to provide useful information for both national policymakers in the Executive Branch and Congress for WIA …
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Issue: 2004-08
Personal Reemployment Accounts: Simulations for Planning Implementation
DescriptionThe proposed Back to Work Incentive Act of 2003 recommended personal reemployment accounts (PRA) that would provide each eligible UI (unemployment insurance) claimant with a special account of up to $3,000 to finance reemployment activities. Account funds could be used to purchase intensive, supportive, and job training services. Any funds remaining in the PRA could be paid as a cash bonus for …
ProgramUnemployment Insurance
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Issue: 2004-07
The Quantum Opportunity Program Demonstration-Initial Post-Intervention Impacts
DescriptionThis report is the second in a series of three impact reports of a youth mentoring/drop-out prevention program demonstration for youth at risk of entering the workforce without the technical and work-readiness skills that are demanded by the business community of their entry-level employees. The primary goals of the demonstration were to increase the high school graduation rate and the rate at …
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Issue: 2004-11
Unemployment Insurance: Assessment of the Impact of the 2002 Reed Act Distribution - Final Report
DescriptionThe Center for Employment Security Education and Research, a component of the National Association of State Workforce Agencies with the assistance of Booz Allen Hamilton and Decern Consulting, conducted research of how states are using the $8 billion special Reed Act Distribution of 2002.   The study was conducted from the fall of 2002 through winter of 2004.   The purpose of the study was to …
ProgramUnemployment Insurance
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Issue: 2004-10
Youth Offender Demonstration Project Process Evaluation Final Report: Round Two
DescriptionThe Youth Offender Demonstration Project provided assistance to youth at-risk of court or gang involvement, youth offenders, and gang members between the ages of 14 and 24 to find long-term employment at wage levels that would prevent future dependency and would break the cycle of crime and juvenile delinquency.   The objective of the demonstration was to identify effective community strategies …
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Issue: 2004-09
Evaluation of Labor Exchange in the One-Stop Delivery System Environment
DescriptionThis report provides a brief history of the Employment Services.   It discusses how PLXs funded under the Wagner-Peyser Act have been transformed by state and Federal efforts to meld PLXs into One-Stop Career Centers as well as provides an analysis of how the provision of key labor exchange services have changed during such transformation.   This report describes the benefit-cost analysis of the …
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Issue: 2004-06
Business as Partner and Customer under WIA: A Study of Innovative Practices
DescriptionThis report documents observations and findings from the Evaluation of the Implementation of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA), including efforts to better engage employers in all aspects of workforce development. It outlines several local areas' efforts to more effectively meet the employment-related needs of both job seekers and businesses by making the business community the One-Stop system's …