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Download full textAbelmann, Charles – 1996
The effectiveness of Mississippi's policy of offering incentives to promote workplace training was examined through phone surveys of a sample of 101 of Mississippi's 2,617 manufacturing firms with 100-350 employees (47 of the 77 plants that have used Mississippi incentive programs and 54 plants that have not) and in-depth case studies of 4 plants.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Basic Skills, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis
Weber, Bruce A., Ed.; Duncan, Greg J., Ed.; Whitener, Leslie A., Ed. – 2002
The 16 chapters in this five-part book, each by different authors, trace the effects of welfare reform (mandated by the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996), upon poor people in rural areas of the United States. The book begins with an introduction called "As the Dust Settles: Welfare Reform and Rural…
Descriptors: Adults, Compliance (Legal), Economic Impact, Employer Attitudes
