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S. David Kim – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This dissertation consists of two chapters, both of which study the wealth inequality using heterogenous agent general equilibrium model. In particular, the first chapter focuses on a government policy and its implications on wealth inequality. The second chapter incorporates cost to high return assets to generate realistic wealth mobility in the…
Descriptors: High School Students, Debt (Financial), Student Loan Programs, Public Policy
Scully-Russ, Ellen – European Journal of Training and Development, 2013
Purpose: The aim of this paper is to review the policy literature on green jobs and green jobs training in the USA and to present findings of a qualitative study on the start-up of two Energy Training Partnerships (ETP) funded by the US Department of Labour to train workers for green jobs. Design/methodology/approach: The paper includes a review…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Economic Development, Labor Market, Economically Disadvantaged
Faucetta, Kristen; Michalopoulos, Charles; Portilla, Ximena A.; Qiang, Ashley; Lee, Helen; Millenky, Megan; Somers, Marie-Andrée – Administration for Children & Families, 2021
In 2010, Congress authorized the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program by enacting section 511 of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 711, which also appropriated funding for fiscal years 2010 through 2014. Subsequently enacted laws extended funding for the program through fiscal year 2022. The program is…
Descriptors: Home Visits, Mothers, Infants, Federal Programs
Rosenbaum, Sara – Journal of Children in Contemporary Society, 1983
Reviews the Reagan administration's approach to maternal and child health policy. Analyzes the administration's legislative and regulatory efforts in this area and concludes that its goal has been to lessen the national commitment to maternal and child health at a time of heightened need for federal intervention. (CMG)
Descriptors: Children, Economically Disadvantaged, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
Finn, Chester E., Jr. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1972
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Research, Educationally Disadvantaged
Bakke, E. Wight – 1969
The rationale for present manpower programs and its utility for future manpower policy are discussed. The approach focuses attention on such questions as the following: Does the present de facto meaning of manpower policy, which is implicit in what is now being attempted in the so-called "manpower programs," exhaust the potential…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Federal Programs, Foreign Countries, History

Lampman, Robert J. – Public Interest, 1974
Examines two goals of anti-poverty programs beyond reducing the number of people in income poverty and increasing public expenditures disproportionately benefiting the poor: that inequality of income should be substantially narrowed, and that benefits for the poor must meet their needs. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Economically Disadvantaged, Economics, Federal Programs
Murray, Charles; Laren, Deborah – 1986
Using findings of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID), this report discusses how people become poor and why they stay that way. The PSID reveals that the requirements for getting out of poverty in the United States are so minimal that it takes a mutually reinforcing cluster of behaviors to remain in poverty, even for blacks and females. The…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Early Parenthood, Economically Disadvantaged, Federal Programs

Rury, John L. – Urban Education, 1986
Reviews "Losing Ground: American Social Policy, 1950-1980" by Charles Murray. Murray believes federal social welfare programs sap the moral fiber of poor Americans by eliminating a negative incentive for them to work at low paying jobs. Criticizes Murray's position, citing the importance of positive as well as negative incentives for…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Employment, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
Hewitt, Clara – Journal of Educational Opportunity, 1998
Outlines the evolution, including funding and political issues, of the federally funded TRIO Programs, designed to respond to unmet needs of poor students, and describes the history of the Southeastern Association of Educational Opportunity Personnel, one of ten regional associations, and its parent national organization. (MSE)
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational History, Equal Education
Crawford, Clarence C. – 1993
This report records the testimony presented by Clarence C. Crawford, Associate Director, Education and Employment Issues, Human Resources, of the General Accounting Office, on the effectiveness of Title IIA of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) in meeting the employment and training needs of economically disadvantaged adults and youth. His…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Economically Disadvantaged
Henry, Kenneth J.; And Others – 1993
The current patchwork of programs designed to ameliorate poverty has failed. Efforts to alleviate poverty by expanding educational opportunities have also had little impact. Poverty among youth has increased during the past two decades even though federal funds for reducing poverty have grown and median educational attainment has increased.…
Descriptors: Coordination, Delivery Systems, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Policy
Levitan, Sar A.; Mangum, Stephen L. – 1994
The current displaced worker initiative towers over the 30-year effort to bring the economically disadvantaged into the mainstream of the labor market. The Congressional Budget Office defines displacement as all workers 18 years of age and older who lose full-time employment due to slack work, job abolition, or plant closure. Major displaced…
Descriptors: Dislocated Workers, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Programs, Federal Aid
Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance, Washington, DC. – 1989
This paper outlines the major issues to be considered, and the tasks to be undertaken, by the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance's Subcommittee on Need Analysis and Delivery System. In particular, the subcommittee's plans to address the following three areas are described: (1) opportunities for further simplification and…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Economically Disadvantaged, Eligibility, Federal Programs
Ganzglass, Evelyn; Figueroa, Jose R. – 1988
This paper looks at performance standards and related policies as tools for influencing the direction of local programming as well as ensuring accountability throughout the service delivery system. It suggests various ways in which the different components of the Job Training Partnership Act's performance management system can be used to promote…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adults, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Programs