Strategies for improving economic mobility of workers
Subtitle: bridging research and practice
By: Maude Toussaint-Comeau, Bruce D. Meyer, editors.
Contributors: Toussaint-Comeau, Maude.; Meyer, Bruce D.
Publisher: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Kalamazoo, Mich
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780880993524; 9780880993531
Subjects: Migration, Internal -- United States; Occupational retraining -- United States; Housing subsidies -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Maude Toussaint-Comeau and Bruce Meyer; title: Bringing together policymakers, researchers, and practitioners to discuss strategies for improving economic mobility / Maude Toussaint-Comeau; title: Past trends and projections in wages, work, and occupations in the United States / David Autor; title: The earned income tax credit, welfare reform, and the employment of low-skilled single mothers / Hilary Hoynes; title: Reflections on economic mobility and policy / Bruce D. Meyer; title: Helping low-wage workers persist in education programs : lessons from research on welfare training programs and two promising community college strategies / Lashawn Richburg-Hayes; title: Financial aid and older workers : supporting the nontraditional student / Bridget Terry Long; title: Can residential mobility programs improve human capital? Comparing social mechanisms in two different programs / James Rosenbaum; title: What might improve the employment and advancement prospects of the poor? / Harry J. Holzer; title: What we know about the impacts of workforce investment programs / Burt S. Barnow and Jeffrey A. Smith; title: Correctional programs in the age of mass incarceration : what do we know about "what works" / John H. Tyler and Jillian Berk; title: Comparing apples to oranges when evaluating community-based programs and services / Robert LaLonde.