The Workforce Investment Act : implementation experiences and evaluation findings
W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. Douglas J. Besharov; Phoebe H. Cottingham, eds.
| Year of publication: |
2011
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| Other Persons: | Besharov, Douglas J. (contributor) ; Cottingham, Phoebe H. (contributor) |
| Institutions: | W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research <Kalamazoo, Mich.> (contributor) |
| Publisher: |
Kalamazoo, Mich. |
| Subject: | Berufsbildungspolitik | Vocational training policy | Berufsbildung | Vocational training | Weiterbildung | Further training | USA | United States |
| Description of contents: | Table of Contents [gbv.de] |
| Extent: | IX, 525 S. graph. Darst. 24 cm |
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| Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
| Type of publication (narrower categories): | Sammelwerk ; Collection of articles of several authors |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index. - Enth. 16 Beitr. pt. 1. Understanding WIA : An overview of WIA / Dianne Blank, Laura Heald, and Cynthia Fagnoni pt. 2. Program implementation : The use of market mechanisms / Christopher T. King and Burt S. Barnow ; Customized training / David A. Long ; One-stop management and the private sector / David Heaney ; Eligible training provider lists and consumer report cards / Carl E. Van Horn and Aaron Fichtner pt. 3. Performance management : The challenges of measuring performance / William S. Borden ; Lessons from the WIA performance measures / Burt S. Barnow ; Recent advances in performance measurement of federal workforce development programs / Randall W. Eberts, Timothy J. Bartik, and Wei-Jang Huang ; Financial performance incentives / Stephen A. Wandner and Michael Wiseman pt. 4. Impact evaluations : Ten years of WIA research / Paul T. Decker ; Short-term net impact estimates and rates of return / Kevin Hollenbeck ; A nonexperimental evaluation of WIA programs / Carolyn J. Heinrich ... [et al.] pt. 5. Future evaluation choices : Nonexperimental impact evaluations / Haeil Jung and Maureen A. Pirog ; Designing reliable impact evaluations / Larry L. Orr, Stephen H. Bell, and Jacob A. Klerman ; Neither easy nor cheap / Sheena McConnell, Peter Schochet, and Alberto Martini ; Improving impact evaluation in Europe / Jeffrey Smith. |
| ISBN: | 0-88099-370-7 ; 0-88099-371-5 ; 978-0-88099-370-8 ; 978-0-88099-371-5 |
| Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
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