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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Displaced Workers"”.
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RETURNING TO SCHOOL, RETURNING TO LIFE: THE TRANSFORMATION OF DISPLACED WORKERS
… and state levels, as well as by those who serve displaced workers. Many studies address the quantitative aspects of worker displacement; however, there is a dearth of information on the qualitative aspects of the phenomenon. This qualitative study explored three questions. How does a displaced …
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The process of relating leisure activities of displaced workers to occupations
Workers across the United States are painfully aware of the changes in the work environment. Downsizing, mergers, globalization, re-engineering, outsourcing, automation, and computerization have resulted in the displacement of 10 to 20 million workers in the 1990’s. Counselors in community colleges …
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Identification of Factors Relating to Perceived Geographic Mobility of Displaced Workers in Illinois
… factors that relate to geographic mobility of displaced workers in Illinois. Displaced workers going through Illinois centers funded by the Job Training Partnership Act were studied to determine relationships between perceived mobility and factors such as demographics, awareness of labor market …
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Is migration a solution to the earnings loss of the displaced workers in the segmented labor market in the U.S.?
… by exploring five waves of data on the displaced manufacturing workers from the CPS Displaced Workers Supplements. Human capital theory and neo-classica1 theory of labor migration both assert that migration should improve people's socio-economic status. They largely neglect social and …
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A Study of the Perceptions of Female Displaced Workers in a Community College Regarding Their Educational Expectations and Barriers to Their Achievement.
… to investigate the actual experiences of female displaced workers entering community college, as compared with their initial expectations as adult learners. Data were collected through interviews with 23 displaced workers age 25 or older who were either enrolled in or had graduated from an …
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An endogenous search model and its applications
… and the primary interest has been in male displaced workers. It is usually assumed that displaced workers start to search for new jobs immediately after the separation, treating the labor force participation decision of the displaced workers as an exogenous issue. This thesis proposes a job …
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Three Essays in Applied Microeconomics
… of student loan debt on young, college-educated workers' decisions regarding labor supply and enrollment in graduate school. I exploit variation in student loan debt driven by the formulas that determine Federal Student Aid in order to identify these effects. Instrumental variable estimates …
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ESSAYS ON HETEROGENEOUS TREATMENT EFFECTS IN THE LABOR MARKET
… OF JOB DISPLACEMENT ON IMMIGRANT AND NATIVE WORKERS, extends the previous literature by analyzing the consequences of job displacement on weekly earnings among natives and immigrants in the United States and also examines whether job displacement has different effects among native displaced …
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The Household Survival Strategies of Manufacturing Workers Displaced in Henry County and the New River Valley, 1990-2010
… layoffs at the community level? Second, how have displaced workers and their households been affected by this loss of manufacturing jobs? And third, what survival strategies have displaced workers and their households employed as a result of being displaced? In carrying out this research, I engage …
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ESSAYS ON NONPARAMETRIC ESTIMATION OF HETEROGENEOUS CAUSAL EFFECTS
… I show that the decline in labor incomes of displaced workers is not only substantial in magnitude compared to their non-displaced counterparts, but also varies significantly within groups characterized by, for example, tenure and educational attainment. I find that displaced workers, on …
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Trade Readjustment Act Women in Developmental Writing: Preparing for Education and Retraining
… in the Appalachian region of Virginia, many workers have become unemployed. Mittelhauser (1997) reported, "textile and apparel workers are expected to lose jobs at an even faster rate. Employment in these industries has been projected to decline by about 300,000 jobs over the 1994-2005 …
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Using Network Analysis of Job Transitions to Inform Career Advice
… as the COVID-19 pandemic forces millions of displaced workers to look for stable employment. This research hopes to add to the career advice literature by using network analysis of U.S. job transitions data to model the universe of career paths available from a first job. By linking together …
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The Role of Noncredit Continuing Education as a Workforce Revitalization Partner
… department to accomplish the goal of helping displaced workers be retrained and employable.</p><p>In order to meet this goal, the respondents stated that communication is essential. The perceptions of the participants could serve as a catalyst for the community college to implement the …
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Three Essays on Worker Displacement
… displacement, displacement does not affect all workers equally. The 5th percentile of the income distribution falls 45%. Much of the negative mean effect is accounted for by a small group of displaced workers who end up with poor job matches. In contrast, 39% of workers experience income gains …
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Can Education Help Me Now?
… of higher levels of education as sought by displaced employees from the Levi Strauss Johnson City, Tennessee plant that was closed in 1999. Data was collected through personal interviews, focus group meetings and a standardized questionnaire with a total of 18 participants. All of the …
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Populist Just Transitions
… framework, a set of guidelines for compensating workers in polluting industries who are laid-off as a result of environmental protections, will unite labor organizations from around the world and improve their approaches to international solidarity. Progressives hope that just transition policies …
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Essays in Applied Microeconomics
… the incidence of health insurance coverage for displaced workers during the periods preceding and subsequent to job displacement. Most individuals lose health insurance coverage upon job separation. There is concern that individuals are unable to recover insurance coverage following separation. …
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Automation and Its Effects on the Workforce.
<p>Companies are constantly involved in automating processes to make them more efficient. Project details concentrate on corporate details. Little, if any, information is released about employees and how they are affected. This study is designed to determine if employees affected by the automation …