Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resources
A university-based research center dedicated to strengthening education, workforce, and social policies and programs that affect current and future generations of American workers.
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RMC’s Director and Research Scientist Dr. Heath Prince co-authored an article outlining interventions to prevent occupational heat stress in laborers during physically demanding work in high environmental temperatures. The article titled “Workplace Intervention for Heat Stress: Essential Elements of Design, Implementation, and Assessment” was published on March 22, 2022, in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJEPH) by MDPI Open Access Journals and can be found at https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/7/3779.
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Employment Outcomes for Low-Income Families Receiving Child Care Subsidies in Illinois, Maryland, and Texas
(Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago, 2009-08)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 ... -
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)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 ... -
Adjusting ‘Common’ Performance Measures for Hard-to-Serve Adults and Youth: Issues, Options and Recommendations
(2006-02)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 ... -
Greater Austin Area Labor Market Indicator (LMI) Survey 2005 Summary Report
(Skillpoint Alliance, 2005-09)This 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. -
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)A summary of the effects of the localization (devolution) of the management of Texas child care subsidy system to local boards throughout the state. -
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)A summary of the effects of the localization (devolution) of the management of Texas child care subsidy system to local boards throughout the state. -
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)A summary of the effects of the localization (devolution) of the management of Texas child care subsidy system to local boards throughout the state. -
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)A summary of the effects of the localization (devolution) of the management of Texas child care subsidy system to local boards throughout the state. -
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)A summary of the effects of the localization (devolution) of the management of Texas child care subsidy system to local boards throughout the state. -
Registered Apprenticeship Training in the U.S. Construction Industry
(2005)This 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, ... -
Prefabrication and Preassembly Trends and Effects on the Construction Workforce
(Center for Construction Industry Studies, 2000-05)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 ... -
Prepared Statement for Hearings on Competitiveness and the Quality of the American Workforce
(1987-12)Joint Economic Committee, Subcommittee on Education and Health A brief overview of training in one of our primary competitors--the Federal Republic of Germany. -
Training Activities at the Industry Level in the United States: A Background Paper
(1984-07)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. -
Texas Agriculture and Migrant Labor
(Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resources, 1984-05)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 ... -
The Role and Responsibility of USDA in Agricultural Labor Policy
(1983-03)The 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 ... -
Putting Labor Market Information to Work for Texas State Technical Institute
(1983-10)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 ... -
The Upgrading of Minority Construction Contractors in Atlanta and Houston
(Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resources, 1972-02)This project attempts to obtain a profile of minority contractors and their firms, a picture of their operations and the problems they face, and data on their views toward upgrading in two diverse institutional settings ... -
Research Handbook in Labor Economics
(Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resources, 1971-02)The booklet is designed to provide background information on the field of labor economics and with some data to help acquaint you with the sources and publications available in the field, -
Reflections on the Involvement of Employers in the Delivery of Occupational Training: Lessons from Experience with Apprenticeship in the United States
(1982-04)A paper prepared for presentation at the Recursos Humanos in Bogota, Columbia, April 12-14, 1982, sponsored by Servicio Nacional de Apprendizaje (SENA).
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