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Jacobson, Louis S.; LaLonde, Robert J.; Sullivan, Daniel G. – Hamilton Project, 2011
High-tenured displaced workers often experience significant earnings losses that persist for the rest of their working lives. A well-targeted training initiative has the potential to substantially reduce permanent earnings losses for those displaced workers who have the academic preparation, work experience, and interest to complete high-return…
Descriptors: Retraining, Dislocated Workers, Income, Education Work Relationship
Moore, Richard W.; Blake, Daniel – 1992
Earnings and unemployment data from the California Employment Development Department and the California Employment Training Panel (ETP) Program records were used to analyze the effects of ETP. Earnings, weeks of unemployment, and unemployment insurance payments were measured in the year before and after training of ETP trainees who enrolled…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Dislocated Workers, Education Work Relationship, Educational Benefits
Parker, David – 1989
The aging of the population of the United Kingdom has occurred at the same time as the greatest increase in unemployment since the 1930s. The older unemployed are likely to have longer periods without work than younger people. For many, loss of a job has meant enforced early retirement and a lower than anticipated income in later life. The U.K.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Counseling Services, Dislocated Workers
National Inst. of Adult Continuing Education, Leicester (England). – 1989
A study examined why fewer than 4 percent of local unemployed adults enrolled in the Open Door program at Britain's Gloucestershire College of Arts and Technology during 1986-1989. The program allows unemployed adults to enroll in any Gloucestershire local educational agency college. A questionnaire was sent to Open Door students and interviews…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Ancillary School Services
Congress of the U. S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Government Operations. – 1994
These Congressional hearings contain testimony regarding options for restructuring the federal employment and training system. Representatives of the following agencies and organizations provided testimony at the hearings: National Commission on Employment Policy; Health, Education and Human Services Division, Education and Employment Issues, U.S.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Change Strategies, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness
Blalock, Ann Bonar, Ed. – Evaluation Forum, 1995
In this issue various concepts of economic change are examined. Part I looks at economic change as a context for focusing on workforce issues. Parts II and III discuss what is being done to address this contemporary problem. This issue contains the following papers: "Presidential Perspectives on Economic Change and Restructuring: An…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Competition, Cooperative Planning