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Workforce Investment Act Services: Effect On Dislocated Worker Reemployment, Martha A. Walker
Workforce Investment Act Services: Effect On Dislocated Worker Reemployment, Martha A. Walker
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The effect of WIA services on the gainful reemployment of Virginia's dislocated workers was explored using a mixed method, non-experimental, ex post factoresearch design. Analysis of variance with follow-up post hoc tests probed for statistically significant differences in hourly reemployed wage and weeks dislocated determined by (a) WIA service level, (b) impact of training, (c) characteristics of training completers and non-completers, and (d) impact of dislocated worker characteristics. Qualitative methods were used to search for trends and patterns defined by the perceptions of both dislocated workers and employers.
Between 2000 and 2004, Virginia's dislocated workers averaged 1.5 years of …