The job training charade
by
 
Lafer, Gordon.

Title
The job training charade

Author
Lafer, Gordon.

ISBN
9780801439643
 
9780801489518

Personal Author
Lafer, Gordon.

Publication Information
Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2002.

Physical Description
ix, 297 p. ; 24 cm.

Contents
How many jobs are there? : labor demand and the limits of training policy -- How important is education? : rhetoric and reality in the skills mismatch debate -- Does job training work? : lessons from the Job Training Partnership Act -- Power and "empowerment" : the final frontier of job training -- The politics of job training : the legislative history of JTPA -- Job training after welfare reform : training for discipline -- Conclusion : job training as political diversion.

Subject Term
Occupational training -- Government policy -- United States -- Evaluation.
 
Formation professionnelle -- Politique gouvernementale -- âEtats-Unis -- âEvaluation.
 
Personeelsopleiding.


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