Descriptor
Definitions | 7 |
Employment Patterns | 7 |
Job Development | 7 |
Unemployment | 6 |
Labor Needs | 5 |
Salary Wage Differentials | 5 |
Labor Force Development | 4 |
Postsecondary Education | 4 |
Program Effectiveness | 4 |
State Programs | 4 |
Trend Analysis | 4 |
More ▼ |
Source
Author
Cordova, Lorraine | 1 |
Fisher, Peter S. | 1 |
Guggenheim, Eric Fries, Ed. | 1 |
Hadland, Jeff | 1 |
Landry, Gerald | 1 |
Levy, Stephen | 1 |
Peters, Alan H. | 1 |
Sellin, Burkart | 1 |
Turner, John A., Ed. | 1 |
Publication Type
Reports - Descriptive | 2 |
Reports - Research | 2 |
Books | 1 |
Collected Works - General | 1 |
Collected Works - Proceedings | 1 |
Opinion Papers | 1 |
Reference Materials -… | 1 |
Reference Materials -… | 1 |
Reports - Evaluative | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
Alaska | 2 |
California | 2 |
Canada | 1 |
Connecticut | 1 |
European Union | 1 |
Illinois | 1 |
Indiana | 1 |
Massachusetts | 1 |
Michigan | 1 |
New Jersey | 1 |
New York | 1 |
More ▼ |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Social Security | 1 |
Workforce Investment Act 1998 | 1 |
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Cordova, Lorraine – 2002
Alaska's State Training and Employment Program (STEP) was designed with the primary objective of reducing current and future claims against Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefits by providing training to those who are unemployed or facing unemployment. STEP is also charged with fostering growth of existing businesses and attracting new businesses to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Definitions, Demand Occupations, Educational Finance

Sellin, Burkart – 1999
This document, which is intended as the companion to a two-volume study of European trends in the development of occupations and qualifications, contains reference materials to assist policymakers and practitioners in accessing research findings and formulations on key issues of training and development. The document begins with an overview of the…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Basic Skills, Credentials, Definitions
Levy, Stephen – 2001
Despite 6 years of economic growth, California's workforce investment system faces the following challenges: (1) meeting the needs of workers who do not earn enough to bring their families significantly above the poverty level; (2) meeting the needs of employers who face continuing shortages of workers with needed skills; and (3) meeting the needs…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Career Development, Career Ladders, Definitions
Hadland, Jeff; Landry, Gerald – 2002
The performance of Alaska's State Training and Employment Program (STEP) in fiscal 2000 was evaluated by matching the records of participants of the following STEP subprograms with Alaska and Washington state unemployment insurance (UI) wage records and federal military and federal civilian payroll records. Data were collected for participants of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Definitions, Demand Occupations, Dislocated Workers
Peters, Alan H.; Fisher, Peter S. – 2002
The effectiveness of state enterprise zone programs was examined by using a hypothetical-firm model called the Tax and Incentives Model-Enterprise Zones (TAIM-ez) model to analyze the value of enterprise zone incentives to businesses across the United States and especially in the 13 states that had substantial enterprise zone programs by 1990. The…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Corporations, Cost Effectiveness, Definitions
Turner, John A., Ed. – 2001
This document's seven papers examine compensation and employment risk in the United States and Canada. "Introduction" (John A. Turner) discusses compensation risk bearing in labor markets. "Wage and Job Risk for Workers" (John A. Turner) explores the problems of macroeconomic instability, job turnover, job and earnings…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Definitions, Delivery Systems, Economic Change
Guggenheim, Eric Fries, Ed. – 2002
This document contains 11 papers from a 2-day meeting on the principles, practice, and effectiveness of Jobrotation, which denotes a European Union program of investing in human capital by giving employees the opportunity to temporarily leave their posts for training without any major disturbance in the production process. The following papers are…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Articulation (Education), Case Studies, Comparative Analysis