The Impact of Job Training Programs on the Reemployment Probability of Dislocated Workers
作者:
Yuan Ting,
期刊:
Review of Policy Research
(WILEY Available online 1991)
卷期:
Volume 10,
issue 2‐3
页码: 31-44
ISSN:1541-132X
年代: 1991
DOI:10.1111/j.1541-1338.1991.tb00092.x
出版商: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
The Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) of 1982 was enacted with the purpose of helping dislocated workers become reemployed through the provision of job training programs. Using data from the 1984 CPS Displaced Worker Survey, this study analyzes the impact of job training programs on the reemployment probability of dislocated workers. The results suggest that dislocated workers who received classroom training or on‐the‐job training were more likely to be reemployed. Dislocated workers who received only job search assistance, however, did not benefit from the assistance in terms of higher reemployment probability. In light of the legislative intent of JTPA Title 111 for increasing dislocated workers’ human capital, the results suggest that state JTPA agencies should place more emphasis on the classroom training, which provides basic and job skills to dislocated wo
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