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Examines state and federal workers’ compensation program changes in the 1990s and their effects on the disability insurance (DI) application rate.

Estimates the impact of the Nevada Reemployment and Eligibility Assessment (REA) program on claimant Unemployment Insurance (UI) receipt and quarterly wage outcomes following program entry.

Highlights promising and rigorous evidence that suggests mature, nonprofit-led, sector-focused programs can increase the earnings of disadvantaged populations. This analysis also highlights these programs’ common elements for success.

Analyses of Safer Foundation (SF) recidivism rates demonstrate that formerly incarcerated persons seeking services at SF are significantly less likely to return to the Illinois Department of Corrections than are members of the general releasee...

Identifies the impact of math coursework on earnings after high school graduation and how completed coursework benefit both low-and high-skilled students in the labor market.

Tests the Short Employment Hope Scale (EHS-14) in capturing the state of a person’s psychological empowerment, motivation, skills and resources, and goal-orientation as a factor in workforce development.

Investigates how local employer practices can enable employees to successfully use the work-family programs designed to benefit them.

Explores the possible economic implications of large shifts in the supply of foreign-born, hired farm labor that could result from substantial changes in U.S. immigration laws or policies.

Services provided were not enough to lift young mothers out of poverty or end welfare-dependency, and the impacts faded after the programs ended.

Used an experimental design to measure the impact of a national program providing educational, employment and training, and community service activities.