employers, providers were given considerable latitude to design their own training regimens. The state awarded certificates to … workers who achieved certain levels of proficiency in reading, math, critical thinking, problem solving (assessed by CASAS … analyzed. Key findings include a significant interest in college attendance by incumbent workers, higher-than-expected levels …

Policy experts advance our understanding of the labor market experiences of older workers while pointing our that …

paid substantially more to agency help to avoid raising wages for their regular workers and to fill vacancies while they … recruited workers for permanent positions. In low-skilled occupations, our evidence suggests that temporary help agencies … facilitated the use of more "risky" workers by lowering their wages and benefits and the costs of firing them. The use of agency …