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Batalova, Jeanne; Fix, Michael – Migration Policy Institute, 2019
As the U.S. workforce ages, baby boomers retire, and birth rates decline, the United States is facing an estimated shortfall of 8 million workers between now and 2027. At the same time, the U.S. economy is becoming ever more knowledge-based. Having a marketable postsecondary credential, whether an academic degree or a professional certification or…
Descriptors: Credentials, Immigrants, Adults, Certification
American Association of University Women, 2022
While COVID-19 is capable of infecting anyone, the level of risk is far from equal. Data show that Black and Latino communities, already suffering from deep-rooted economic and health inequalities, have borne the brunt of the pandemic. Latinas, in particular, have suffered some of the most egregious economic and health disparities over the past…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Hispanic Americans, Racial Bias
Batalova, Jeanne; Fix, Michael; Mittelstadt, Michelle; Zeitlin, Angela Marek – World Education Services, 2016
This study estimated the economic penalty that immigrant underemployment imposes, both in forgone earnings and tax payments, using U.S. Census Bureau data to analyze demographic characteristics and estimate the forgone earnings and taxes at federal, state, and local levels. It focuses on three groups of workers: (1) Immigrants who are…
Descriptors: Economic Impact, Immigrants, Underemployment, Taxes
Batalova, Jeanne; Fix, Michael; Bachmeier, James D. – World Education Services, 2016
This study estimated the economic penalty that immigrant underemployment imposes, both in forgone earnings and tax payments, using U.S. Census Bureau data to analyze demographic characteristics and estimate the forgone earnings and taxes at federal, state, and local levels. It focuses on three groups of workers: (1) Immigrants who are…
Descriptors: Economic Impact, Immigrants, Underemployment, Taxes
Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE), 2017
The Certification Data Exchange Project (CDEP) was launched in 2012 to provide a model for sharing industry-recognized credential attainment data. Increasingly, employers and education leaders are recognizing the value of industry credentials to verify the knowledge, skills and abilities that students bring to the workforce. As states take steps…
Descriptors: Industry, Outcomes of Education, Labor Force Development, Certification
Joseph, Matthew; Canney, Melissa – Foundation for Excellence in Education (ExcelinEd), 2019
The Career and Technical Education (CTE) playbook series has explored strategies and processes states can use to strengthen CTE program quality and provide students with pathways to postsecondary credentialing and middle- and higher wage career opportunities. In the first three CTE Playbooks, ExcelinEd provided a high-level view of how states can…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, State Aid, Educational Finance, Financial Support
Harmon, Tim; Ridley, Neil – Center for Postsecondary and Economic Success, 2014
At a time of sustained unemployment and sluggish job growth, students and policymakers are increasingly asking tough questions about postsecondary education and training outcomes. Do graduates find jobs? What are they paid? What will they earn in the future? Despite growing national interest in this information, good answers are not widely…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Postsecondary Education, Employment Level, Employment Qualifications
Berkowitz, Monroe; Burton, John F., Jr. – 1987
This document, current through 1986, contains four parts. Part I presents a conceptual framework used to view disability among the working age population; the rudiments and objectives of workers' compensation programs; and an explanation of the criteria of adequacy, equity, and efficiency as used in the report. Part II presents a study of 10…
Descriptors: Adults, Cost Effectiveness, Disabilities, Eligibility
Clymer, Carol; Roberts, Brandon; Strawn, Julie – 2001
A study reviewed the efforts of six states (California, Florida, Minnesota, Oregon, Texas, and Washington) to create new policies and strategies to support low-income individuals as they work. The study found the following: (1) working steadily initially after leaving welfare is linked to being employed in later years but is not linked to higher…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Continuing Education, Education Work Relationship, Employment Opportunities
Michalopoulos, Charles; Schwartz, Christine – 2000
The impacts of 20 welfare-to-work programs across the United States were evaluated to determine which clients derive the greatest benefits from different approaches to moving individuals from welfare to work. Of the 20 programs examined, 7 were characterized as employment focused, 5 provided a mix of first activities without an employment focus, 4…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Basic Skills, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Comparative Analysis
Fagnoni, Cynthia M. – 2001
The General Accounting Office (GAO) examined progress in meeting work-focused goals of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. The following issues were considered: (1) states' progress in implementing TANF; (2) the status of families who have left welfare; (3) the characteristics of adults currently receiving TANF; (4) states'…
Descriptors: Adults, Delivery Systems, Economic Climate, Economic Factors