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Removing Transportation Barriers To Employment: Assessing Driver's License And Vehicle Ownership Patterns Of Low- Income Populations, John Pawasarat, Frank Stetzer
Removing Transportation Barriers To Employment: Assessing Driver's License And Vehicle Ownership Patterns Of Low- Income Populations, John Pawasarat, Frank Stetzer
ETI Publications
For most single parents who are expected to work full-time under current welfare policies and who have children needing child care, use of a car is the most practical means of transportation. The difficulties of getting to the child care provider, then to work, back to the child care provider and home contribute to job retention problems, particularly for single parents lacking a family car or a valid driver's license. This study examined the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (DOT) driver's license records for 719,320 Milwaukee County residents, analyzed 331,304 recent (1992-1996) suspensions and 125,717 revocations by type and number of …
Removing Barriers To Employment: The Child Care-Jobs Equation, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn
Removing Barriers To Employment: The Child Care-Jobs Equation, John Pawasarat, Lois M. Quinn
ETI Publications
One of the critical concerns facing parents seeking employment is provision of adequate care for their children while they are at work. Employment and Training Institute surveys of central city Milwaukee female job seekers identified lack of child care as a primary barrier to employment, and a recent assessment of AFDC mothers with very young children found that most needed help finding and financing child care. It was expected that the influx of state and federal funds for child care support would increase the numbers of children receiving consistent, quality child care and that a number of central city residents …
Surveying Job Vacancies In Local Labor Markets: A How-To Manual, Prepared For The Us Department Of Labor, John Pawasarat
Surveying Job Vacancies In Local Labor Markets: A How-To Manual, Prepared For The Us Department Of Labor, John Pawasarat
ETI Publications
The Employment and Training Institute prepared this manual on how to conduct job vacancy surveys was prepared under contract with the Employment and Training Administration of the United States Department of Labor (#X-6752-8-00-80-60) so that state and local policy makers can benefit from the experience of the Milwaukee project and previous job openings surveys conducted in the United States and other countries. Job vacancy survey design, sampling, methodology, weighting, survey administration, data verification and data analyses issues are described in detail in this manual. ETI has conducted job vacancy surveys twice annually since May 1993 for use in program planning, …
Employment Patterns Of Larger Milwaukee Area Companies: Occupational Shifts, Job Expansion And Progress Toward Diversity, Lois M. Quinn
Employment Patterns Of Larger Milwaukee Area Companies: Occupational Shifts, Job Expansion And Progress Toward Diversity, Lois M. Quinn
ETI Publications
This report examines the employment patterns of private companies in the Milwaukee metropolitan area with 100 or more employees, utilizing computerized summaries of EEO-l annual reports filed with the U.S. Equal Opportunities Employment Commission. Each year these companies are required to report on their total labor force, minorities and women employed by nine occupational groupings. The data are provided to identify occupational shifts, progress toward a diversified labor force and challenges facing Milwaukee area employers and workers. The greatest job growth in larger Milwaukee area companies was reported for college-trained professional jobs. Larger companies reported a net increase of 6.251 …
Replacing Rhetoric With Data: Employment And Earnings Of Single Mothers Leaving Welfare In Wisconsin, Lois M. Quinn
Replacing Rhetoric With Data: Employment And Earnings Of Single Mothers Leaving Welfare In Wisconsin, Lois M. Quinn
ETI Publications
This paper, one of a series of studies exploring employment myths and realities surrounding welfare reform initiatives, examines job availability and the experience of single mothers in Milwaukee County who have received Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC). The analysis is informed by several unique data sources available to researchers at the Employment and Training Institute of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee: (1) semi-annual surveys of thousands of employers in the Milwaukee metro area identifying available jobs, their pay level, location and education and training prerequisites; (2) surveys of central city Milwaukee families regarding their search for employment, barriers faced, …