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Getting back on your feet
Are government job training programs helpful? Are they even necessary?
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Needed skills versus available skills: an assessment tool is launched
Economic development often founders on a mismatch between available workforce skills and companies? needs. A tool that analyzes critical sets of labor market data not previously considered in tandem can help local governments improve planning.
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Workforce development needs for immigrant job-seekers
Working Paper
Learning and occupational sorting
This paper develops and estimates a model of occupational choice and learning that allows for correlated learning across occupation specificabilities. In the labor market, workers learn about their potential outcomes in all occupations, not just their current occupation. Based on what they learn, workers engage in directed search across occupations. The estimates indicate that sorting occurs in multiple dimensions. Workers discovering a low ability in their current occupation are significantly more likely to move to a new occupation. At the same time, workers discovering a high ability in ...
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Interview with James J. Heckman
Nobel prize-winning economist James J. Heckman on discrimination, job training and early childhood education.
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Driving for a license
Occupational licensing continues to grow, but benefits to consumers are not obvious.
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Revitalizing central western Maine's economy
In Maine's Kennebec and Somerset counties, the Progressive Alliance for Careers and Training is working to create employment opportunities and spur economic growth. Jennifer DeChant of Coastal Enterprises, Inc., highlights some of the program's successes to date.