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CONTENTS

  Acknowledgments  
  Foreword  
1 Publicly Funded Training in a Changing Labor Market, Burt S. Barnow and Christopher T. King more...
2 The Economic, Demographic, and Social Context of Future Employment and Training Programs, Frank Bennici, Steven Mangum, and Andrew Sum more...
3 Welfare Employment Programs: Impacts and Cost-Effectiveness of Employment and Training Activities, Lisa Plimpton and Demetra Smith Nightingale more...
4 The Impact of Job Training Partnership Act Programs for Adult Welfare Recipients, Jodi Nudelman more...
5 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 more...
6 Employment and Training Programs for Out-of-School Youth: Past Effects and Lessons for the Future, Robert I. Lerman more...
7 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 more...
8 Training Programs for Dislocated Workers, Duane E. Leigh more...
9 Methodologies for Determining the Effectiveness of Training Programs, Daniel Friedlander, David H. Greenberg, and Philip K. Robins more...
10 Reflections on Training Policies and Programs, Garth L. Mangum more...
11 Strategies for Improving the Odds, Burt S. Barnow and Christopher T. King more...
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  About the Editors  
  About the Contributors  


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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