2001 America's Workforce Network Research Conference Papers

Titles of the papers presented at 2001 conference are listed below. They provide links to summaries of each paper and full-text versions of most. The papers address a wide range of policy and program issues, in some cases documenting promising program practices. Issues include unemployment insurance, welfare to work, employment services, training and skill development, and labor market policy and development. Some of the research papers provide specific applications to women, older workers and low-wage workers.

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A Frontline Decision Support for WIA One-Stop Centers

Compensating American Families for Births and Adoptions
Closing the Gap: How Sectoral Workforce Development Programs Benefit the Working Poor
Connecting the Dots in the Service Constellations of the Rural Universe
Community Jobs-Outcomes Assessment and Program Evaluation
Customer Choice or Business as Usual? Promoting Innovation in the Design of WIA Training Programs Through the Individual Training Account Experiment

Escaping Poverty for Low Wage Workers: The Role of Employer Characteristics and Changes
Employer Provided Training and Public Policy

Is the Unemployment Insurance System a Safety Net for Welfare Recipients Who Exit Welfare for Work?
Improving Outcomes in Washington's Workfirst Program: Are Post-Employment Services the Answer?

Layoffs and Experience Ratings of the Unemployment Insurance Payroll Tax: An Analysis of Firms in Three States
Lessons for WIA Assessment from the New Jersey Workforce Development Partnership Program

Measuring the Effect of Job Service Referrals and Placements in Washington and Oregon
Matching IT Jobs with IT People

Nothing but Net: American Workers and the Information Economy

Predictive Validity of a Multidisciplinary Model of Reemployment Services
Project Quest: San Antonio's Systematic Approach to Workforce Development
Promoting Women's Workforce Security: Findings from IWPR Research on Unemployment Insurance and Job Training

Re-examining the Potential Role of Unemployment Insurance as a Safety Net for Workers at Risk of Public Assistance Receipt

State Trends in Unemployment Insurance Eligibility, Benefits, and Take-Up, 1990-2000
Social Capital and Retraining Policies

The Incidence and Cost of Wrongfully Denied Unemployment Benefits
The Distributional Consequences of Unemployment Benefits and Taxes
The New Workforce: Age and Ethnic Changes
Transitions off Welfare: An Examination of Demographic, Socioeconomic, and Motivational Predictors
Turning Skills into Profit: Economic Benefits of Workplace Education Programs
The Emergence of a Binational Mexico-US Workforce: Implications for Farm Labor Workforce Security
The Welfare to Work Grants Program: An Evaluation Update
The Temporary Staffing Industry and U.S. Labor Markets: Implications for the Unemployment Insurance System
The Emerging Workforce of Entrepreneurs with Disabilities: Preliminary Study of Entrepreneurship in Iowa

Using Statistical Assessment Tools to Target Services to Work First Participants
Unemployment Compensation and Older Workers

Workers' Recall Expectations and Their Implications for Worker Profiling
Welfare to Work Policy-Getting A Job is a First Step: What Should Follow?
Wisconsin Employment Transportation Assistance Program (WETAP)