Introduction -- A policy history of ETP -- A theoretical perspective on the participants in state training programs -- Training outcomes: impact on the trainees -- ETP at work: a qualitative examination of the delivery of ETP training and its impact on trainees -- Impact on companies -- The...

In this paper I discuss a structural problem facing the United States with respect to our policy responses in the context of trade and technological change and their impact on workers. Both trade and technological change have put enormous pressure on the U.S. economy to raise the skill level of...