TY - BOOK AU - Meyer,Bruce D. AU - Toussaint-Comeau,Maude ED - Project Muse. TI - Stratagies for Improving Economic Mobility of Workers: Bridging Research and Practice SN - 9780880994460 AV - HB1965 .S76 2009 U1 - 331.12/70973 22 PB - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research KW - Housing subsidies KW - United States KW - Occupational retraining KW - Migration, Internal KW - Electronic books. KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction / Maude Toussaint-Comeau and Bruce Meyer -- Bringing together policymakers, researchers, and practitioners to discuss strategies for improving economic mobility / Maude Toussaint-Comeau -- Past trends and projections in wages, work, and occupations in the United States / David Autor -- The earned income tax credit, welfare reform, and the employment of low-skilled single mothers / Hilary Hoynes -- Reflections on economic mobility and policy / Bruce D. Meyer -- Helping low-wage workers persist in education programs : lessons from research on welfare training programs and two promising community college strategies / Lashawn Richburg-Hayes -- Financial aid and older workers : supporting the nontraditional student / Bridget Terry Long -- Can residential mobility programs improve human capital? Comparing social mechanisms in two different programs / James Rosenbaum -- What might improve the employment and advancement prospects of the poor? / Harry J. Holzer -- What we know about the impacts of workforce investment programs / Burt S. Barnow and Jeffrey A. Smith -- Correctional programs in the age of mass incarceration : what do we know about "what works" / John H. Tyler and Jillian Berk -- Comparing apples to oranges when evaluating community-based programs and services / Robert LaLonde; Open Access UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/book/17392/ ER -