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Back to Work: Testing Reemployment Services for Displaced Workers

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  • Howard S. Bloom

    (New York University)

Abstract

Bloom presents findings from the Texas Worker Adjustment Demonstration, a 2,192-person randomized experimental evaluation of reemployment programs for displaced workers conducted at three sites in Texas. This project demonstrated that a relatively inexpensive mix of job-search assistance and limited occupational skills training can be a cost-effective means of assisting displaced workers.

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  • Howard S. Bloom, 1990. "Back to Work: Testing Reemployment Services for Displaced Workers," Books from Upjohn Press, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, number btw, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:upj:ubooks:btw
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    2. Peter Z. Schochet & Ronald D'Amico & Jillian Berk & Sarah Dolfin & Nathan Wozny, "undated". "Estimated Impacts for Participants in the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Program Under the 2002 Amendments," Mathematica Policy Research Reports 582d8723f6884d4eb7a3f95a4, Mathematica Policy Research.
    3. Fackler, Daniel & Stegmaier, Jens & Upward, Richard, 2023. "Safety net or helping hand? The effect of job search assistance and compensation on displaced workers," IWH Discussion Papers 18/2023, Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH).
    4. Howard S. Bloom & Saul Schwartz & Susanna Lui-Gurr & Suk-Won Lee & Jason Peng & Wendy Bancroft, 2001. "Testing a Financial Incentive to Promote Re-employment among Displaced Workers: The Canadian Earnings Supplement Project (ESP)," Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 20(3), pages 505-523.
    5. Dar, Amit & Gill, Indermit S, 1998. "Evaluating Retraining Programs in OECD Countries: Lessons Learned," The World Bank Research Observer, World Bank, vol. 13(1), pages 79-101, February.
    6. Heckman, James J. & Lalonde, Robert J. & Smith, Jeffrey A., 1999. "The economics and econometrics of active labor market programs," Handbook of Labor Economics, in: O. Ashenfelter & D. Card (ed.), Handbook of Labor Economics, edition 1, volume 3, chapter 31, pages 1865-2097, Elsevier.
    7. Samina Sattar, "undated". "Evidence Scan of Work Experience Programs," Mathematica Policy Research Reports 685b2a650bdf4437b1de31c2e, Mathematica Policy Research.
    8. Jacobson, Louis & LaLonde, Robert & G. Sullivan, Daniel, 2005. "Estimating the returns to community college schooling for displaced workers," Journal of Econometrics, Elsevier, vol. 125(1-2), pages 271-304.
    9. Stephen A. Woodbury, 1992. "Employer Training Needs in Hawaii," Upjohn Working Papers 93-15, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.
    10. Leigh, Duane E., 1992. "Retraining displaced workers : what can developing countries learn from OECD nations?," Policy Research Working Paper Series 946, The World Bank.
    11. repec:mpr:mprres:7736 is not listed on IDEAS
    12. Kornfeld, Robert & Bloom, Howard S, 1999. "Measuring Program Impacts on Earnings and Employment: Do Unemployment Insurance Wage Reports from Employers Agree with Surveys of Individuals?," Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 17(1), pages 168-197, January.
    13. David Leadbeater & Peter Suschnigg, 1997. "Training as the Principal Focus of Adjustment Policy: A Critical View from Northern Ontario," Canadian Public Policy, University of Toronto Press, vol. 23(1), pages 1-22, March.
    14. Finn Lattimore & Daniel M. Steinberg & Anna Zhu, 2023. "The Economic Effect of Gaining a New Qualification Later in Life," Papers 2304.01490, arXiv.org, revised Apr 2023.

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    Keywords

    job training; workforce development; human capital; federal programs; program evaluation;
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    JEL classification:

    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity

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