Welcome to the new and improved ETA Research Publications page where you can browse, search and download publications. We have also added a new feature 'Subscribe to Email' where you can subscribe to get notified when new publications are posted.

Informative

ETA Research Publications Search and Filter Tips

Visit Search and Filter Tips to learn more about using search and filter on the ETA Research Publications page.

Informative
291 to 300 of 581 results
Release Date
Release Date:
Issue: 2009-16
Linkages Between TAA, One-Stop Career Center Partners, and Economic Development Agencies
DescriptionThis report is based on site visits conducted from mid-2005 to mid-2006 to 41 One-Stop Career Centers and the state-level offices in the 19 states in which the centers are located.   The report, part of a longer-term project to conduct a national net-impact evaluation of the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program, describes the linkages that the TAA program has established with its One-Stop …
ProgramTrade Adjustment Assistance
Release Date:
Issue: 2009-15
Assessment, Case Management, and Post-Training Assistance for TAA Participants
DescriptionThis report is based on data from site visits conducted to 48 local One-Stop Career Centers in 2004 and from mid-2005 through the summer of 2006 as well as to state-level offices of 23 states in which the centers are located. The report is part of a longer-term project to conduct a national net-impact evaluation of the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program. This report examines services …
ProgramTrade Adjustment Assistance
Release Date:
Issue: 2009-14
Initial Implementation of the Trade Act of 2002
DescriptionThe Trade Act of 2002 significantly amended the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program which provides extensive training and benefits to dislocated workers certified as trade-affected. The Act created a single program (repealing the North American Free Trade Agreement-TAA program), mandated that certification of workers’ petitions occur in 40 (down from 60) days by the U.S. Department of …
ProgramTrade Adjustment Assistance
Release Date:
Issue: 2009-13
Recent Changes in the Characteristics of Unemployed Workers
DescriptionThis paper examines how gender, racial, and ethnic differentials in unemployment and Unemployment Insurance (UI) receipt have changed over the past 50 years. The primary analysis focuses on the degree to which such differences, in the past 20 years, are explained by differences in the industrial and occupational structure of employment. Using Current Population Survey (CPS) data, the report finds …
ProgramUnemployment Insurance
Release Date:
Issue: 2009-12
The Benefits and Challenges of Registered Apprenticeship
DescriptionIn the U.S. , there were nearly 28,000 registered apprenticeship programs, with over 465,000 active apprentices in Fiscal Year 2007.   Registered apprenticeship program sponsors are individual employers or groups of employers, sometimes in collaboration with unions, who:   develop and run programs; recruit, screen and hire apprentices; and work with state apprenticeship agencies (SAAs) to make …
ProgramApprenticeship
Release Date:
Issue: 2009-11
Evaluation of the YouthBuild Youth Offender Grants
DescriptionThis report summarizes findings from an implementation and outcomes evaluation of the YouthBuild Youth Offender grants.   The grants were awarded to 34 YouthBuild sites, chosen by YouthBuild USA , to provide services for adjudicated youth with the goal of enhancing their educational and employment opportunities and reducing their recidivism rates.   The evaluation consisted of two rounds of site …
PopulationYouth
ProgramYouthBuild
Release Date:
Issue: 2009-10
Workforce Investment Act Non-Experimental Net Impact Evaluation
DescriptionThe Workforce Investment Act Non-Experimental Net Impact evaluation conducted by IMPAQ International, LLC., reports results of a non-experimental net impact evaluation of the Adult and Dislocated Worker programs under the Workforce Investment Act (WIA). The key measure of interest is the difference in average earnings or employment attributable to WIA program participation for those who …
PopulationAdult, Veterans and Spouses
ProgramSenior Community Service Employment (SCSEP)
Research MethodologyQuantitative Analysis
Release Date:
Issue: 2009-1
Ready4Work
DescriptionIn 2003 and 2004, sites in 11 cities initiated the Ready4Work demonstration.   Ready4Work, funded by the US Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration, the Annie E. Casey Foundation and the Ford Foundation and carried out by Public/Private Ventures (P/PV), conjectured that a strong reentry program should include employment-readiness and job-placement services, facilitated by …
Research MethodologyQualitative Analysis
Release Date:
Issue: 2008-15
Retrospective on Registered Apprenticeship: A Review of Program Initiatives and Their Policy Implications
DescriptionThis report provides a description of Registered Apprenticeship and an overview of the activities and initiatives conducted by the Office of Apprenticeship (OA) in the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) to promote apprenticeship in a variety of industries and occupations, under the National Apprenticeship Act. In carrying out its legislative mission, OA implemented a range of activities and special …
PopulationAdult
ProgramApprenticeship
Research MethodologyQualitative Analysis
Release Date:
Issue: 2008-14
Process Evaluation of the Demand-Side Youth Offender Demonstration Project (Phase II)
DescriptionBusiness Interface, Inc. (BI) was awarded funding by the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) in January 2003 to conduct the Demand-Side Youth Offender Demonstration Project (DYSOP).   Under this grant, BI served as an intermediary in connecting employers in four sites with young ex-offenders and youth at-risk of court involvement between the ages of 18-25.   The basic strategy of the …
PopulationYouth
ProgramRe-integration of Ex-Offender, Re-integration of Ex-Offender
Research MethodologyQualitative Analysis