Does Training for the Disadvantaged Work? : Evidence from the National JTPA Study

Bloom, Howard S., Bell, Stephen H., Doolittle, Fred, Orr, Larry

ISBN 10: 0877666474 / ISBN 13: 9780877666479

Published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated, 1996

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Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Does Training for the Disadvantaged Work? : Evidence from the National JTPA Study
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0877666474
• ISBN 13: 9780877666479
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 1.252 pounds

About this title

Synopsis

The best evidence to date to guide the nation as to what employment and training strategies work and don't work for what groups. This book reports and interprets the findings of the largest and most rigorous evaluation ever done of employment and training programs designed to increase the employment and earnings, and reduce the dependence, of America's disadvantaged. The study of the Job Training Partnership Act programs included 16 sites across the country; a sample of over 20,000 individuals; a random- assignment experimental design; a two-year analysis period; data from specially designed surveys; and a wide range of state and local administrative records. This book measures effectiveness separately for adult men, adult women, female youth, and male youth. It finds modest successes for the first three groups but confirms the sad truth that we have yet to find a generalizable strategy that increases the labor market chances of disadvantaged young men.

Review

...provides the most compelling existing evidence on the effectiveness of the most important of the nation's training programs for persons who have completed their formal education...a major contribution to the training literature... (David Greenberg, University of Maryland)