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CONTENTS
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Acknowledgments |
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Foreword |
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Publicly Funded Training in a Changing Labor Market, Burt S. Barnow and Christopher T. King |
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The Economic, Demographic, and Social Context of Future Employment and Training Programs, Frank Bennici, Steven Mangum, and Andrew Sum |
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Welfare Employment Programs: Impacts and Cost-Effectiveness of Employment and Training Activities, Lisa Plimpton and Demetra Smith Nightingale |
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The Impact of Job Training Partnership Act Programs for Adult Welfare Recipients, Jodi Nudelman |
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Training Success Stories for Adults and Out-of-School Youth: A Tale of Two States, Christopher T. King, with Jerome A. Olson, Leslie O. Lawson, Charles E. Trott, and John Baj |
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Employment and Training Programs for Out-of-School Youth: Past Effects and Lessons for the Future, Robert I. Lerman |
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Customized Training for Employers: Training People for Jobs That Exist and Employers Who Want to Hire Them, Kellie Isbell, John Trutko, and Burt S. Barnow |
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Training Programs for Dislocated Workers, Duane E. Leigh |
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Methodologies for Determining the Effectiveness of Training Programs, Daniel Friedlander, David H. Greenberg, and Philip K. Robins |
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Reflections on Training Policies and Programs, Garth L. Mangum |
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Strategies for Improving the Odds, Burt S. Barnow and Christopher T. King |
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Index |
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About the Editors |
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About the Contributors |
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Improving the Odds, edited by Burt S. Barnow and Christopher T. King, is available from the Urban Institute Press. February 2000, 336 pages, 6" x 9", ISBN 0-87766-688-1, $24.00 paper. To obtain a copy call (202) 261-5687 or 800.537.5487.
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