Stratagies for Improving Economic Mobility of Workers : Bridging Research and Practice /
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Kalamazoo, Mich. :
W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research,
2009.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction / Maude Toussaint-Comeau and Bruce Meyer
- Bringing together policymakers, researchers, and practitioners to discuss strategies for improving economic mobility / Maude Toussaint-Comeau
- Past trends and projections in wages, work, and occupations in the United States / David Autor
- The earned income tax credit, welfare reform, and the employment of low-skilled single mothers / Hilary Hoynes
- Reflections on economic mobility and policy / Bruce D. Meyer
- Helping low-wage workers persist in education programs : lessons from research on welfare training programs and two promising community college strategies / Lashawn Richburg-Hayes
- Financial aid and older workers : supporting the nontraditional student / Bridget Terry Long
- Can residential mobility programs improve human capital? Comparing social mechanisms in two different programs / James Rosenbaum
- What might improve the employment and advancement prospects of the poor? / Harry J. Holzer
- What we know about the impacts of workforce investment programs / Burt S. Barnow and Jeffrey A. Smith
- Correctional programs in the age of mass incarceration : what do we know about "what works" / John H. Tyler and Jillian Berk
- Comparing apples to oranges when evaluating community-based programs and services / Robert LaLonde.