Defining and Measuring Workforce Development in the United States in a Post-Bipartisan Era
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Keywords
Workforce development; employability; public policy; outcomes framework; process-evaluation;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J68 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Public Policy
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
- I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-LMA-2018-08-20 (Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages)
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