Drawing on the industry that designs incentives for private-sector corporations, this paper explores incentives as a potential strategy for promoting job retention and advancement among disadvantaged workers. The paper, which provides a step-by-step process for designing incentive programs to...

This appendix reviews factors and questions employers can consider in employment decisions.

This issue brief describes the Employer Resource Network (ERN), an innovative, employer-based model that pulls together a consortium of small- to mid-size businesses to provide job retention services, work supports, and training opportunities for entry-level employees, many of whom are receiving...

This chapter provides a theoretical context for categorizing the economic forces that determine recruiting and retention of disabled and nondisabled workers. The model makes three important points: (1) employers want to find the right workers and retain them as long as possible, since recruiting...

This book chapter describes the existing research on the Workforce Investment Act and related programs, such as the Individual Training Account Experiment, and summarizes key findings.