Understanding Adult Subpopulations Served by Workforce Investment Programs Final Report
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About the Report
The report describes the use of administrative data to describe the characteristics, services received, and short-term labor market outcomes of adult Hispanic, Asian, Pacific Islander, Indian and Native American, and migrant and seasonal farmworker customers leaving four workforce investment programs in 2011. Two programs—the Employment Service (ES) and the Workforce Investment Act’s Adult Program—provide services to a general population, and two specialized programs— the Indian and Native American Program (INAP) and the National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP)—provide services to more targeted populations. In the report researchers show that the specialized programs play a distinctive role in the workforce investment system. They serve segments of the subpopulations with greater employment barriers and provide services that differ from those of more general programs. Differences in characteristics explain a large portion of the differences in services received. The subpopulations studied had lower post-participation employment and earnings, in general, than whites, with most of the differences explained by their characteristics but not by the services provided.
Research Questions
- How do the demographic and local area characteristics, services received, and post participation outcomes of customers in the INAP and NFJP compare to those of Indian and Native Americans (INA) and migrant and seasonal farmworkers (MSFW) served in the ES and Adult Program?
- Within the ES and Adult Program, what are differences in the demographic and local area characteristics, services received, and program outcomes of Hispanic, Asian, Pacific Islander, INA, and MSFW customers?
- Within the ES and Adult Program, to what extent can differences in the services that subpopulations received be explained by differences in their demographic and local area characteristics? Similarly, to what extent can subpopulation differences in post-participation outcomes (employment, retention, and earnings) be explained by differences in subpopulation demographic and local area characteristics and program services received?
Citation
Maxwell, N., Anand, P., Massad Francis, C. (2015). Mathematica. Understanding Adult Subpopulations Served by Workforce Investment Programs. Chief Evaluation Office, U.S. Department of Labor.
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.