The Benefits and Costs of JTPA Title II-A Programs: Key Findings from the National Job Training Partnership Act Study

1997 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 549 ◽  
Author(s):  
Howard S. Bloom ◽  
Larry L. Orr ◽  
Stephen H. Bell ◽  
George Cave ◽  
Fred Doolittle ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Job Training ◽  
Job Training Partnership Act ◽  
Benefits And Costs

Job Training and Economic Development Initiatives: A Study of Potentially Useful Companions

1990 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey A. Cantor
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Small Business ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Job Training ◽  
Job Creation ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Job Placement ◽  
Job Training Partnership Act ◽  
What Works ◽  
New Information

The purpose of this study was to produce new information regarding interorganizational collaboratives for job training and economic development. The goal was to collect information on innovative practices, defined as interorganizational arrangements with demonstrated exemplary outcomes. The study focused on identifying innovative job creation practices, including those involving (a) assistance to small business, a key ingredient in job creation and economic development for this country, and (b) benefits to Job Training Partnership Act participants or other low-income, hard-to-employ workers in terms of job placement. The study analytically assesses what works and why, and discusses lessons learned for other local sites wishing to consider similar initiatives.

scholarly journals An Econometric Analysis of the Effects of the Job Training Partnership Act on Self-Sufficiency

2021 ◽  
pp. 66-74
Author(s):  
Jorge N. Zumaeta
Keyword(s):  
Work Experience ◽  
Reading Ability ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Job Training ◽  
Food Stamps ◽  
Job Placement ◽  
Successful Completion ◽  
Job Training Partnership Act ◽  
Self Sufficiency

The primary purpose of the study is to investigate the likelihood of a Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) participant getting a job placement after receiving training, and to identifying the factors that affect the attainment of self-sufficiency (Bloom and Charles, 2001; Friedlander, 1988; Gueron and Edward, 1991). Additionally, the research study focuses on learning more about the determinants of the wage rate at the time when a participant gets a placement. This study has found that successful completion of training combined with prior work experience are the most important factors that affect the chance of getting a job placement. This finding is consistent with Eberts (2002) and Schexnayder et al. (1991). Furthermore, the results show that the most significant variables affecting self-sufficiency are (1) completion of long-term training and (2) reading ability. An additional finding of the study is that if the participant is a recipient of food stamps, then his/her probability of achieving self-sufficiency decreases. Our study’s main contribution is the identification of significant variables to be included in the development of workforce policies aiming at promoting economic self-sufficiency and mitigating poverty in Florida.

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