Worker Perspectives on the Private Financing of Government-Sponsored Dislocated Worker Programs
This study analyzes worker perspectives on the financing responsibilities of businesses, workers and government for dislocated worker programs that provide job search and retraining assistance to unemployed workers. It is based on a survey of 1,555 experienced workers in Illinois. Joint business and worker financing approaches were the most favored and least polarizing financing alternative. In contrast, the government grant approach was extremely polarizing with significant support but strong negative reaction among higher-income, white, and college-educated workers. Surprisingly strong negative reaction was also found among lower-income, blue-collar workers. The results are consistent with related research on the conservative attitudes of American workers toward social welfare programs. Copyright 1992 by The Policy Studies Organization.
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1992
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Authors: | Sheets, Robert G. ; Ting, Yuan |
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Review of Policy Research. - Policy Studies Organization - IPSO, ISSN 1541-1338. - Vol. 11.1992, 1, p. 40-53
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