Examines a demonstration that tested three service strategies for promoting rapid re-employment and reduced UI spells: 1) structured job search assistance, 2) individualized job search assistance, and 3) individualized job search assistance with training.

Uses experimental data from the Job Search Assistance (JSA) Demonstration to test the performance of the regression methods applied to nonexperimental data in the evaluation of Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services. Compares the performance of regression methods to the performance of...

Examines a demonstration that tested three service strategies for promoting rapid re-employment and reduced UI spells: 1) structured job search assistance, 2) individualized job search assistance, and 3) individualized job search assistance with training.

Welfare reform in Iowa succeeded in getting welfare recipients into training and then into jobs. However, the reforms did not always succeed in raising family income and may have reduced it for some families. Furthermore, researchers noted negative impacts on some measures of family and child...

In 1990, the U.S. Department of Education established a math and science initiative within Upward Bound, a federal grant program designed to provide disadvantaged high school students with skills and experiences that will prepare them for college success. The Upward Bound Math-Science (UBMS)...