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Rachel Jarrold-Grapes – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This dissertation is comprised of three essays on the economics of education. The first and third chapters examine marijuana legalization and its effects on students, while the second chapter examines the impact of pension incentives on teacher quality. The first chapter examines the extent to which there are negative spillovers of recreational…
Descriptors: Economics, Marijuana, Laws, High School Students
Dimeny, Ervin, Comp.; Williamson, Deborah, Comp.; Yates, Lisa, Comp.; Hinson, David, Comp. – Urban Institute, 2019
The apprenticeship movement is reshaping skills, policies, and programs in the United States at a critical moment in our country's history. This reader offers a chorus of voices emanating from different countries and populations, echoing commitment to bright, sustainable workforce futures through a well-crafted approach to this talent development…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Outcomes of Education
Oregon State Board of Education, Salem. – 1992
The reserve pool is an important part of the educator supply pool in Oregon and in the nation. The Oregon reserve pool consists of those teachers, counselors, and administrators who hold active Oregon licenses but are not currently employed in an Oregon public school. To provide information on educator supply and demand needed to prepare for…
Descriptors: Administrators, Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Opportunities, Labor Force
Jacobson, Louis; Petta, Ian – 2001
The utility of a quasi-experimental evaluation design for estimating benefits derived from a program to match job-seekers to openings listed by employers was examined in three studies of Job Service referrals and placements in Washington and Oregon. Data examined included a mail survey of a sample of 587 Washington residents referred to job…
Descriptors: Benchmarking, Cost Effectiveness, Dislocated Workers, Employment Experience