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Can Targeting Industries Improve Earnings for Welfare Recipients Moving from Welfare-to-Work?: Preliminary Findings (Research Report)This paper presents preliminary findings from a larger study that examines whether targeted industry employment and workforce development interventions -- such as sector employment initiatives -- might improve the quality of employment for welfare recipients. The study explores the link between pre and post-PRWORA employment in certain industries and the quality of jobs held by former welfare recipients. The goal is to determine if the economic well-being of former welfare recipients might be improved if welfare-to-work efforts targeted specific industries for employment initiatives for welfare recipients. | Posted to Web: June 01, 2002 | Publication Date: June 01, 2002 |
Sprawl, Smart Growth and Economic Opportunity (Research Report)The objective of the paper is to determine empirically whether high levels of urban sprawl are associated with high levels of social inequity. The starting hypothesis is that high levels of sprawl are associated with low levels of social equity; that is, as sprawl increases, social equity declines. The paper examines 34 of the nation's 50 largest metropolitan areas. These areas were selected because data were readily available to match the measure of sprawl to the social equity measures used in this paper. | Posted to Web: June 01, 2002 | Publication Date: June 01, 2002 |
Testimony for The National Network of Sector Partners Before a U.S. Department of Labor Hearing (Testimony)Urban Institute researcher, John Foster-Bey, testifies Before a U.S. Department of Labor Hearing on what changes the Bush Administration should propose for the reauthorization of the Workforce Investment Act as well as how to improve coordination between WIA and the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. | Posted to Web: April 17, 2002 | Publication Date: April 17, 2002 |
Opportunities For Living-Wage Employment: The Effects of Industry/Occupation Mix on Racial/Ethnic Differences In Living-Wage Employment (Research Report)| Posted to Web: May 01, 2001 | Publication Date: May 01, 2001 |
Earning a Living-Wage: Metro Differences In Opportunity and Inequality for Adult Males With Low Education Levels (Research Report)| Posted to Web: May 01, 2001 | Publication Date: May 01, 2001 |
Metropolitan Growth and Economic Opportunity for the Poor: If You're Poor Does Place Matter? (Research Report)| Posted to Web: May 01, 2001 | Publication Date: May 01, 2001 |
The Evolution of the American City (Radio Transcript)Bob Lerman, head of the Institute's Center on Labor and Social Policy, and Institute economist John Foster-Bey discuss major trends and forces shaping American cities in the 21st Century. With Fred Seigel of Cooper Union in New York. Hosted by Kojo Nnamdi. | Posted to Web: June 26, 2000 | Publication Date: June 26, 2000 |
Linking Low-Income People to Economic Opportunity in Palm Beach County: Final Report (Research Report)The report addresses three questions: How prepared are low-income residents of Palm Beach County to participate in the regional economy as workers and possibly entrepreneurs? What opportunities exist for low-income residents in the regional economy and in the county's economic development plans? How well do existing market intermediaries operate for low-income residents? To answer these questions, several data sources were used and organized into a framework to analyze the labor market characteristics of the different segments of the county's low-income population. | Posted to Web: September 02, 1999 | Publication Date: September 02, 1999 |
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