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Kevin Hollenbeck

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The Returns To Education And Basic Skills Training For Individuals With Poor Health Or Disability, Kevin Hollenbeck, Jean Kimmel Jan 2015

The Returns To Education And Basic Skills Training For Individuals With Poor Health Or Disability, Kevin Hollenbeck, Jean Kimmel

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This paper examines linkages between disability and health status and the returns to education and basic skills training. It bases analyses on two separate data sources: wave 3 from the 1993 panel of the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) and the 1992 National Adult Literacy Survey (NALS). The data sets have been used to estimate standard wage equations with education and basic skills training among the independent variables. The NALS data set allows us to control for prose, quantitative, and document literacy. The wage equations rely on Heckit corrections for labor force participation, and we stratify by sex. …


Workforce Program Performance Indicators For The Commonwealth Of Virginia, Kevin Hollenbeck, Wei-Jang Huang Jan 2015

Workforce Program Performance Indicators For The Commonwealth Of Virginia, Kevin Hollenbeck, Wei-Jang Huang

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No abstract provided.


Workplace Education Programs In Small- And Medium-Sized Michigan Firms, Kevin Hollenbeck, William Anderson Jan 2015

Workplace Education Programs In Small- And Medium-Sized Michigan Firms, Kevin Hollenbeck, William Anderson

Kevin Hollenbeck

This paper presents a systematic, baseline picture of workplace education programs in small and medium-sized businesses (less than 500 employees) in Michigan. Specifically, it addresses why some firms are offering and other firms are not offering workplace education programs, what are the characteristics of the programs being provided, and what are the impacts of these programs on firms and employees. The paper draws upon two data sources. Case studies of 28 Michigan businesses were undertaken between May 1991 and July 1992 and a combination mail/telephone survey of small businesses in Michigan was conducted in early 1992. The paper finds that …


Differences In The Returns To Education For Males By Disability Status And Age Of Disability Onset, Kevin Hollenbeck, Jean Kimmel Jan 2015

Differences In The Returns To Education For Males By Disability Status And Age Of Disability Onset, Kevin Hollenbeck, Jean Kimmel

Kevin Hollenbeck

No abstract provided.


Workforce Development Programs In Indiana: A Return On Investment Study, Kevin Hollenbeck Jan 2015

Workforce Development Programs In Indiana: A Return On Investment Study, Kevin Hollenbeck

Kevin Hollenbeck

Institute staff conducted a study that estimated the net impacts of workforce development programs in Indiana on employment, earnings, and receipt of unemployment compensation. The study estimated the return on investment of the workforce development programs to individual participants and to the state. Researchers deployed a quasi-experimental approach. Individuals served by programs were statistically matched to individuals who encountered the Job Service during the same period. The statistical match controlled for demographic characteristics and prior labor market experience. Outcome variables including earnings, employment, and unemployment compensation came from administrative data.


Evaluation Of The Commonwealth Of Virginia’S Workforce Programs, Kevin Hollenbeck Dec 2006

Evaluation Of The Commonwealth Of Virginia’S Workforce Programs, Kevin Hollenbeck

Kevin Hollenbeck

This project calculated six performance measures for nine Virginia workforce programs for all individuals and subgroups of individuals who exited workforce development and job training programs during 2005. The performance measures comprised a system called Integrated Performance Information (IPI) which was prepared for the executive branch of Virginia as it made budgetary recommendations to develop the state's workforce.