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Increasing the Economic Development Benefits of Higher Education in Michigan
Bartik, Timothy J. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2004
This paper considers how a state such as Michigan can increase the economic development benefits of higher education …. Research evidence suggests that higher education increases local economic development principally by increasing the quality of … education can be increased by: 1) competent management of conventional economic development programs that focus on business …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005101983
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Income Replacement and Reemployment Programs in Michigan and Neighboring States
Woodbury, Stephen A. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2002
Governments in every developed industrial economy administer programs that partially replace the earnings of workers who suffer job loss or on-the-job injury. In addition, governments administer programs to help job losers gain reemployment, either through direct job placement (for those who are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005141949
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Some Reflections on the Use of Administrative Data to Estimate the Net Impacts of Workforce Programs in Washington State
Hollenbeck, Kevin - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2004
The purpose of this paper is to reflect on the results, methodology, and processes used in a series of net labor market impact studies done for the State of Washington over the past six years. All of the studies relied on administrative data and used a technique referred to as quasi-...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005030696
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Net Impact Estimates of the Workforce Development System in Washington State
Hollenbeck, Kevin - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2003
exited from the education or training programs (or from the employment service) in the fiscal year 1999/2000 and longer … Technical College Worker Retraining. Two of the programs serve adults with employment barriers: Community and Technical College … Adult Basic Skills Education and JTPA Title II-A programs. The other two programs serve youth: JTPA Title II-C programs and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005030699
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Instrumental Variable Estimates of the Labor Market Spillover Effects of Welfare Reform
Bartik, Timothy J. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2002
that welfare reform has significant spillover effects: welfare reform reduces employment of male high school dropouts, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005116763