This study estimates the net impacts and private and social benefits and costs of nine workforce development programs … administered in Washington State. Five of the programs serve job-ready adults: Community and Technical College Job Training … who encountered the workforce development programs were statistically matched to individuals who did not. Administrative …

This paper suggests new federal policies towards state and local economic development assistance to business. I argue … development programs. State and local governments are not inclined to do quality evaluations of their programs and tend to favor … federal support for state and local economic development programs that encourage business productivity. The funding should be …

Comparisons among state unemployment insurance (UI) systems can be misleading. Frequently quoted indicators of benefit … states. Such comparisons thereby obscure underlying structural differences in state UI systems. A business considering … measures of state UI systems. …

. These findings suggest that, given appropriate supporting institutions, strong job security need not inhibit employer …

core of this issue is easy to state. What should an employer do about a factor of production, be it physical capital such …

This paper examines the labor market outcomes of individuals with various types of postsecondary educational … the labor market rewards credentials. Wage and earnings models yield different structural parameter estimates when based …