NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Education Level
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Showing 1 to 15 of 53 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Adukia, Anjali – Education Finance and Policy, 2022
Programs that provide lower-skill employment are a popular anti-poverty strategy in developing countries, with India's employment guarantee program (MGNREGA) employing adults in 23 percent of Indian households. MGNREGA has reduced rural poverty, but some have raised concerns that guaranteeing lower-skill (or uncredentialed) employment…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Employment Programs, Poverty Programs, Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Rodríguez Fernández, Juan R.; Díez Gutiérrez, Enrique J. – Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, 2017
The neoliberal capitalist crisis of 2008 brought to light poverty and destitution in our societies. In Spain, 13 million people live in poverty, structural unemployment is over 20% and levels of insecurity have risen in all sectors and social groups. In the EU, 120 million live in poverty, while globally, wealth is increasingly concentrated in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Economically Disadvantaged, Neoliberalism, Poverty Programs
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Laukaitis, John J. – American Educational History Journal, 2009
American Indian organizations in Chicago grew both in size and number during the 1970s. The lasting impact of War on Poverty programs and the passing of the Indian Education Act of 1972 and the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 served as significant factors for the development of these organizations. Alternative American Indian…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Employment, Poverty, Needs Assessment
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Cude, Brenda J.; Walker, Rosemary – Journal of Home Economics, 1982
Examines the issues surrounding the controversial Workfare program, which establishes work effort as a requirement for receipt of welfare benefits. (SK)
Descriptors: Employment Programs, Federal Programs, Low Income Groups, Poverty Programs
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Barth, Michael C. – Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1974
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Economic Research, Employment Programs, Federal Programs
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Dickinson, Nancy S. – Social Work, 1986
AFDC Welfare work strategies have been implemented to help AFDC (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) recipients secure unsubsidized employment. Reviews research on employment programs for AFDC clients and highlights the respective advantages of these programs. Suggests program changes to improve welfare work strategies. (Author/ABB)
Descriptors: Employment Programs, Poverty Programs, Reentry Workers, Social Change
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Ulman, Lloyd – Public Interest, 1974
Examines and evaluates the use of "active labor market policy" to attempt to make the "uneasy triangle" of full employment, price stability, and collective bargaining more tolerable while at the same time promoting the cause of greater economic equality and growth. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Economics, Employment Programs, Federal Programs, Government Role
Bishop, John H. – 1977
This paper attempts to provide a general equilibrium framework for comparing the merits of alternative methods of raising the income of the employable poor. The strategy is to specify a complete and interacting set of factor markets, parameterize alternative program types in a manner convenient to this specification, and then solve the system of…
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Employment Programs, Job Training, Low Income Groups
Congressional Digest, 1973
Reviews the major enactments of federal income transfer programs, Federal payments programs presently in force, Federal manpower training programs, and recent developments in Congress. Presents a pro and con discussion by several Senators and Representatives on the Adminsistration's current plan to terminate the Federal anti-poverty agency.…
Descriptors: Employment Programs, Federal Aid, Federal Programs, Government Role
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Phelps, Edmund S. – Public Interest, 1974
Evaluates two programs in the Johnsonian "war against poverty": one "macroeconomic," attempting to create an environment of greater job opportunities and higher employment; the other "microeconomic," investing in low-income workers to raise their relative earning power. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Economics, Employment Problems, Employment Programs, Federal Programs
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Haddad, Lawrence; Adato, Michelle – International Labour Review, 2002
Analysis of 101 projects in 7 public works programs (PWPs) in Western Cape Province in the mid-1990s estimated the public expenditure needed to transfer resources to the poor. Comparison of the result with that generated by a hypothetical, untargeted transfer showed that most of the PWPs outperform the benchmarks. (Contains 26 references.) (JOW)
Descriptors: Economic Impact, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Programs, Financial Policy
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Nathan, Richard P. – Journal of Negro Education, 1989
Summarizes themes of welfare reform in America and policy shifts that have resulted in the introduction of state-focused workfare programs. (MW)
Descriptors: Employment Programs, Employment Services, Poverty Programs, Social Agencies
Grosse, Robert N.; And Others – 1969
This report examines the quality and rigor of evaluation practices at the Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO), and the extent to which evaluation results have influenced program design and operation. Because of the innovative nature of the programs, and a resulting lack of reliable data, past attempts at comprehensive evaluation have been…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Employment Programs, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Needs
Hedrick, James L. – 1969
This report provides an overview of the poverty problem and possible solutions. The available statistics and their limitations are summarized. The complementary roles of income-maintenance and employment policies are discussed. Because employment policies are limited to those who can be made employable, the report concludes that liberal changes in…
Descriptors: Employment Programs, Evaluation Methods, Federal Programs, Guaranteed Income
Manpower, 1971
Despite a tightening job market and a shortage of matching funds by the states, the Work Incentive Program made good progress last year. (BH)
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Disadvantaged, Employment Programs, Federal Programs
Previous Page | Next Page »
Pages: 1  |  2  |  3  |  4