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Is There a Role for Public Support of Incumbent Worker On-the-Job Training?

Hollenbeck, Kevin - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2008

States have begun to use training subsidies as a policy tool for employment retention and business competitiveness. This paper summarizes a survey of states concerning their investments in incumbent worker training. Altogether, states are investing about $550 to $800 million, which is perhaps...

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Some Reflections on the Use of Administrative Data to Estimate the Net Impacts of Workforce Programs in Washington State

Hollenbeck, Kevin - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2004

The purpose of this paper is to reflect on the results, methodology, and processes used in a series of net labor market impact studies done for the State of Washington over the past six years. All of the studies relied on administrative data and used a technique referred to as quasi-...

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Net Impact Estimates of the Workforce Development System in Washington State

Hollenbeck, Kevin - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2003

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, Private Career Schools, Apprenticeships, Job Training...

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Effects of the Pre-K Program of Kalamazoo County Ready 4s on Kindergarten Entry Test Scores: Estimates Based on Data from the Fall of 2011 and the Fall of 2012

Bartik, Timothy J. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2013

This paper uses a regression discontinuity model to examine the effects on kindergarten entrance assessments of the Kalamazoo County Ready 4s (KC Ready 4s) program, a half-day pre-K program for four-year-olds in Kalamazoo County, Michigan. The results are based on test scores and other...

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Increasing the Economic Development Benefits of Higher Education in Michigan

Bartik, Timothy J. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2004

This paper considers how a state such as Michigan can increase the economic development benefits of higher education. Research evidence suggests that higher education increases local economic development principally by increasing the quality of the local workforce, and secondarily by increasing...

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Impact of Charter School Attendance on Student Achievement in Michigan

Eberts, Randall W.; Hollenbeck, Kevin - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2002

Proponents of school reform have argued that charter schools and vouchers can provide adequate market pressure to … the effectiveness of charter schools relative to their traditional public school counterparts, we examine the difference … the charter schools and the public school districts compete. Several models of the difference between test score levels of …

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Intergovernmental (Dis)incentives, Free-Riding, Teacher Salaries and Teacher Pensions

Fitzpatrick, Maria D. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2014

systems distort the amount and timing of income for public school teachers. This intergovernmental incentive stems from the … fact that, in many states, local school districts are responsible for setting the compensation that determines the size of … policy, the size and distribution of compensation changed significantly. On average, public school employees received lower …

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The Distribution of College Graduate Debt, 1990 to 2008: A Decomposition Approach

Hershbein, Brad J.; Hollenbeck, Kevin - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2013

Despite tremendous recent interest in the subject of student debt by both researchers and policymakers, little is known about how the distribution of college graduate debt has been evolving and what factors can explain it. We use National Postsecondary Student Aid Study data from 1990 through...

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Basic Skills Training at Harbor Industries

Hollenbeck, Kevin; Anderson, William - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

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Occupational Labor Shortages: Concepts, Causes, Consequences, and Cures

Barnow, Burt S.; Trutko, John; Piatak, Jaclyn Schede - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

Barnow, Trutko, and Piatak focus on whether persistent occupation-specific labor shortages might lead to inefficiencies in the U.S. economy. They describe why shortages arise, the difficulty in ascertaining that a shortage is present, and how to assess strategies to alleviate the shortage.

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