Building an Equitable Construction Workforce: Understanding and Increasing the Proportion of Women and People of Color in Construction - NF
About the Study
In 2023 the Chief Evaluation Office (CEO) partnered with Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) and funded contractors Insight Policy Research and Urban Institute to conduct a series of analyses presented in Building an Equitable Construction Workforce: Understanding and Increasing the Proportion of Women and People of Color1 in Construction under the Administrative Data Research and Analysis and Apprenticeship Evidence-Building portfolios of studies. The analyses aimed to estimate how many women and people of color could be available for onsite construction occupations to estimate how to increase representation of women and people of color equitably through apprenticeship pathways and other promising strategies.
- What is the degree of underutilization associated with barriers to employment and retention?
- What is the current number, and what are the characteristics, of workers who have the specific skills and interest needed for construction jobs?
- What worker attributes are associated with success in onsite construction occupations?
- Onsite Construction Workforce Utilization by Sex and Race/Ethnicity (Research Brief, April 2024)
- Onsite Construction Workforce Utilization by Sex and Race/Ethnicity Appendices (Appendices, April 2024)
- Apprenticeship as a Tool to Improve Diversity in Construction: What Do the Literature, Current Strategies, and Recent Data Tell Us? (Research Brief, April 2024)
- Building an Equitable Construction Workforce: Understanding and Increasing the Proportion of Women and People of Color in Construction (Final Combined Report, April 2024)
The Department of Labor’s (DOL) Chief Evaluation Office (CEO) sponsors independent evaluations and research, primarily conducted by external, third-party contractors in accordance with the Department of Labor Evaluation Policy and CEO’s research development process.