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Holzer, Harry J. – National Poverty Center, University of Michigan, 2012
Stagnant earnings and growing inequality in the US labor market reflect both a slowdown in the growth of worker skills and the growing matching of good-paying jobs to skilled workers. Improving the ties between colleges, workforce institutions, and employers would help more workers gain the needed skills. Evaluation evidence shows that training…
Descriptors: Labor Market, Economic Climate, Skilled Workers, Educational Benefits
Holzer, Harry J. – Institute for Research on Poverty, 2013
Stagnant earnings and growing inequality in the US labor market reflect both a slowdown in the growth of worker skills and the growing matching of good-paying jobs to skilled workers. Improving the ties between colleges, workforce institutions, and employers would help more workers gain the needed skills. Evaluation evidence shows that training…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Labor Force Development, Education Work Relationship, Skilled Workers
Holzer, Harry J. – Hamilton Project, 2011
To improve the employment rates and earnings of Americans workers, we need to create more-coherent and more-effective education and workforce development systems, focusing primarily (though not exclusively) on disadvantaged youth and adults, and with education and training more clearly targeted towards firms and sectors that provide good-paying…
Descriptors: Grants, Education Work Relationship, School Business Relationship, Job Skills