Closing the Gap: How Sectoral Workforce Development Programs Benefit the Working Poor. SEDLP Research Report. The Sectoral Employment Development Learning Project.

Autor/inn/en	Zandniapour, Lily; Conway, Maureen
Institution	Aspen Inst., Washington, DC.
Titel	Closing the Gap: How Sectoral Workforce Development Programs Benefit the Working Poor. SEDLP Research Report. The Sectoral Employment Development Learning Project.
Quelle	(2001), (43 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	0-89843-317-7
Schlagwörter	Quantitative Daten; Adult Education; Adult Learning; Allied Health Occupations; Building Trades; Case Studies; Community Colleges; Comparative Analysis; Educational Benefits; Employment Level; Employment Patterns; Income; Inner City; Job Satisfaction; Job Training; Labor Force Development; Labor Market; Longitudinal Studies; Office Occupations; Participant Characteristics; Postsecondary Education; Poverty; Program Effectiveness; Salary Wage Differentials; Tables (Data); Underemployment; Unemployment; Urban Education; Vocational Education; Work Experience; Working Class; Youth Employment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Adulte education; Gesundheitsberuf; Building trade; Bauwesen; Baugewerbe; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Community college; Community College; Bildungsertrag; Beschäftigungsgrad; Beschäftigungsstruktur; Einkommen; Labor; Labour; Satisfaction; Arbeit; Zufriedenheit; Berufsqualifizierender Bildungsgang; Arbeitskräftebestand; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Clerical occupations; Büroberuf; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Armut; Tabelle; Unterbeschäftigung; Arbeitslosigkeit; Stadtteilbezogenes Lernen; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Employment experience; Job experience; Occupational experience; Berufserfahrung; Arbeiterklasse; Youth work; Jugendarbeit
Abstract	The benefits of sectoral workforce development programs to the working poor were examined in a 3-year longitudinal study of participants in six sectoral employment training programs across the United States. The programs, which were all designed to serve low-income clients, provided training in a diverse set of industries, including the following: construction trades; garment industry occupations; machining; metalworking; paraprofessional health occupations; and business services. Of the 732 respondents interviewed at baseline, 543 completed the survey administered 1 year later (response rate, 74%). In the year following training, respondents' earnings showed dramatic improvement because of increases in both hours worked during the year and earnings per hour. More participants reported having worked during the year following training than in the year before training. After training, the quality of respondents' jobs improved, and they generally had access to better benefits. The respondents' training completion rates were quite high, as was the percentage of respondents who reported using their training on the job. Thirty-six percent of respondents reported enrolling in other training/education after attending training in the sectoral program. (A technical note comparing the characteristics of wave 2 and wave 1 respondents is appended. Twenty-six tables/figures are included.) (MN)
Anmerkungen	Economic Opportunities Program, The Aspen Institute, One Dupont Circle, N.W., Suite 700, Washington, DC 20036. Tel: 202-736-1071; Fax: 202-467-0790; e-mail: sedlp@aspeninstitute.org; Web site: http://www.aspeninstitute.org/eop/eop sedlp.html. For full text: http://www.aspeninstitute.org/eop/pdfs/aspensedlpreportno.pd f.
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