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Item Employment Outcomes for Low-Income Families Receiving Child Care Subsidies in Illinois, Maryland, and Texas(Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago, 2009-08) George, Robert M.; Harris, Allison; Bilaver, Lucy Mackay; Franzetta, Kerry; Reidy, Mairead; Schexnayder, Deanna T.; Schroeder, Daniel G.; Stavely, Jane; Kreader, J. Lee; Obenski, Sally; Prevost, Ronald C.; Berning, Michael E.; Resnick, Dean M.This research study analyzes child care subsidy (CCS) participation and employment outcomes among low-income families in Illinois, Maryland, and Texas. The study seeks to learn who among low-income eligible families participates in the child care subsidy program, and the effect of subsidy participation on employment and eligibility status.Item Performance Measures Adjustment & Incentives: Key Strategies for Providing Improved Services to Harder-to-Serve Populations in the Age of Accountability(National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth, 2006-06) King, Christoper T.The paper concludes that programs would benefit considerably from adopting mechanisms for adjusting performance and providing incentives to encourage services to disadvantaged adults and youth and other hard-to-serve target populations. It doses with a series of recommendations.Item Adjusting ‘Common’ Performance Measures for Hard-to-Serve Adults and Youth: Issues, Options and Recommendations(2006-02) King, Christopher T.Prepared for the Institute for Educational Leadership’s National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth The paper concludes that programs would benefit considerably from adopting mechanisms for adjusting performance and providing incentives to encourage services to disadvantaged adults and youth and other hard-to-serve target populations.Item Greater Austin Area Labor Market Indicator (LMI) Survey 2005 Summary Report(Skillpoint Alliance, 2005-09) Wilkinson, L. David; Atkinson, Tamara; Fisher, Beverly; Glover, Robert W.; Gourgey, Hannah; King, Christopher T.; Lyman, LawrenceThis report presents findings from a labor market survey of organizations in the greater Austin area, which was administered over an 8-week period during summer 2005.Item Preliminary Findings from Interviews with Child Care Program Managers: A Product of the Study of Devolution of Subsidized Child Care in Texas(Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resources and the Center for Social Work Research, 2003-04) Lein, Laura; Beausoleil, Julie; Trott, Sara; Schexnayder, Deanna T.; Schroeder, Daniel G.; Tang, Ying; Randazzo, MatthewA summary of the effects of the localization (devolution) of the management of Texas child care subsidy system to local boards throughout the state.Item Texas Child Care Profiles for Local Workforce Development Area FY 1998 - FY 2001: A Product of the Study of Devolution of Subsidized Child Care in Texas(Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resources and the Center for Social Work Research, 2003-04) Schroeder, Daniel G.; Norman, Trish; Tang, Ying; Randazzo, Matthew; Schexnayder, Deanna T.; Lein, Laura; Beausoleil, Julie; Trott, SaraA summary of the effects of the localization (devolution) of the management of Texas child care subsidy system to local boards throughout the state.Item The Texas Child Care Subsidy Program After Devolution to the Local Level: A Product of the Study of Child Care Devolution in Texas(Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resources and the Center for Social Work Research, 2004-06) Schexnayder, Deanna T.; Schroeder, Daniel G.; Tang, Ying; Lein, Laura; Beausoleil, Julie; Amatangelo, GinaA summary of the effects of the localization (devolution) of the management of Texas child care subsidy system to local boards throughout the state.Item The Process of Devolution: Perceptions from Local Boards: A Product of the Study of Child Care Devolution in Texas(Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resources and the Center for Social Work Research, 2007-10) Lein, Laura; Beausoleil, Julie; Tang, YingA summary of the effects of the localization (devolution) of the management of Texas child care subsidy system to local boards throughout the state.Item Child Care Devolution in Texas: The Relationship of Child Care Policies to Subsidy, Employment and Market Durations: Final Technical Report(Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resources and the Center for Social Work Research, 2008-03) Schexnayder, Deanna T.; Schroeder, Daniel G.A summary of the effects of the localization (devolution) of the management of Texas child care subsidy system to local boards throughout the state.Item Registered Apprenticeship Training in the U.S. Construction Industry(2005) Glover, Robert W.; Bilginsory, CihanThis paper compares the performance of building trades apprenticeship programs in the US sponsored jointly by employers and unions with those sponsored unilaterally by employers. It reviews enrollment and graduation rates, including participation of women and minorities. The article also looks behind the numbers to examine the operation of apprenticeship. It reviews the evolution of joint programs, including institutional arrangements and recent innovations to cope with the challenging characteristics of construction labour markets.Item Prefabrication and Preassembly Trends and Effects on the Construction Workforce(Center for Construction Industry Studies, 2000-05) Haas, Carl T.; O'Conner, James T.; Tucker, Richard L.; Eickmann, Jason A.; Fagerlund, Walter R.The purpose of this project was to determine prefabrication and preassembly trends and effects on the construction workforce. Twenty-nine managers from across the United States were surveyed. Based on their responses, it was estimated that prefabrication and preassembly increased by approximately 86% from 1984 to 1999. For prefabrication and preassembly work, those surveyed generally agreed that productivity and safety levels are higher, skill levels are the same, and wage levels are lower. These results can be factored into future project and supply chain strategiesItem Prepared Statement for Hearings on Competitiveness and the Quality of the American Workforce(1987-12) Glover, Robert W.Joint Economic Committee, Subcommittee on Education and Health A brief overview of training in one of our primary competitors--the Federal Republic of Germany.Item Training Activities at the Industry Level in the United States: A Background Paper(1984-07) Glover, Robert W.This paper reviews and analyzes existing industry-level training activities in a variety of sectors in the :American economy. It concludes with a list of questions that bear further investigation.Item Texas Agriculture and Migrant Labor(Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resources, 1984-05) Glover, Robert W.A paper prepared for presentation at the International Conference on Migrant Labor in Agriculture on May 23, 1984 in Davis, California. This paper surveys existing data regarding farm labor in Texas and outlines possible future adjustment options that bear further investigation. -Item The Role and Responsibility of USDA in Agricultural Labor Policy(1983-03) Glover, Robert W.; Holt, JamesThe Agricultural Employment Work Group (AEWG) was organized by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to study labor issues in the nation's agriculture. A major impetus for the organization of the Work Group was the hostile and confrontational atmosphere that existed in the farm labor arena and which threatened the welfare of all those at interest: growers, farmworkers, and society. The Work Group is charged with making recommendations to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (for transmittal to other agencies as appropriate) on ways to improve the agricultural labor environment. It is a unique combination of representatives of agricultural employer and farmworker interests, agricultural labor economists and personnel specialists, and government representatives.Item Item Putting Labor Market Information to Work for Texas State Technical Institute(1983-10) Glover, Robert W.The primary goal of the project to be to establish a labor market information model which would estimate the number of jobs available to graduates of existing TSTI programs from 3 to 5 years into the future. The model would provide estimates for the state as a whole as well as for Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas (SMSAs) in Texas. Of special interest were smaller SMSAs.Item Reflections on the Involvement of Employers in the Delivery of Occupational Training: Lessons from Experience with Apprenticeship in the United States(1982-04) Glover, Robert W.A paper prepared for presentation at the Recursos Humanos in Bogota, Columbia, April 12-14, 1982, sponsored by Servicio Nacional de Apprendizaje (SENA).Item U.S. Construction Labor Productivity Trends, 1970-1998(Center for Construction Industry Studies, 1999-03) Haas, Carl T.; Borcherding, John D.; Allmon, Eric; Goodrum, Paul E.Construction productivity trends carry immense consequences for the economy as a whole. However, there is little scholarly consensus concerning even the direction of such trends. The main objectives of this paper are to (1) present an approach to studying long-term productivity trends in the U.S. construction industry; and (2) provide a preliminary indication of such trends over the past 25-30 years. Subsequent, extended statistical studies are suggested that may be based on the approach of the selected work presented here. Labor cost and output productivity trends are tracked for tasks that represent different trades and differing levels of technological intensity within the building construction sector. Specific tasks dealt with a range from a zero technology impact task, such as hand trenching, to compaction with a sheepsfoot roller. Means's cost manuals were used to trace the benchmark values for these tasks. These values reflect productivity trends. Unit labor costs in constant dollars and daily output factors were compared over decades for each task. Direct work rate data from 72 projects in Austin, Tex., over the last 25 years were also examined. Increasing the direct work rate usually increases construction productivity. The combined data indicate that productivity has increased in the 1980s and 1990s. Depressed real wages and technological advances appear to be the two biggest reasons for this increase. The data also indicate that management practices were not a leading contributor to construction productivity changes over time. Subsequent studies are required to add weight to these observations and can be based on the approach presented here.Item The Unstructured Labor Market and Alternative Labor Market Forms(1980-01) Glover, Robert W.A paper prepared for a conference entitled "Toward a Research Strategy on the Agricultural Labor Market in the United States," sponsored by the Institute of Food and Agriculture Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, January 9-11, 1980.