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Market forces and private sector processes in government policy: The job training partnership act

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This article examines those provisions of the Job Training Partnership Act designed to introduce the presumed efficiency of marketlike forces and incentives into federal employment and training programs. First, the JTPA replaced the administrative system used in earlier training programs (which emphasized detailed federal control and monitoring of the programs at the local level) with a system that, in effect, set a price for a prescribed level of performance and reduced oversight of the training process. Second, the Act gave people in private business some control over programs at the local level. According to available data, JTPA program performance is no different in local areas with a strong private-sector involvement than in areas where that involvement is weak and passive. The performance standards have had an effect, although the relationship between the standards and the goals of the JTPA is ambiguous at best. The article outlines the limitations of a market-oriented system for the administration of public policy.

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  • Thomas R. Bailey, 1987. "Market forces and private sector processes in government policy: The job training partnership act," Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 7(2), pages 300-315.
  • Handle: RePEc:wly:jpamgt:v:7:y:1987:i:2:p:300-315
    DOI: 10.2307/3323830
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