Panel: Can the U.S. Scale Up Apprenticeship Training? Lessons from the U.S. and Abroad
Thursday, November 12, 10:15–11:45 am
Discussant: Kevin Hollenbeck
Panel: Lessons Learned from Public Workforce Program Experiments
Thursday, November 12, 10:15–11:45 am
Paper: "Evaluation and Effectiveness of a Low-Cost Statistical Methodology to Target Services to Participants of a Local Welfare-to-Work Program," Randall W. Eberts
Paper: "The Unemployment Insurance Bonus Experiments: Overview and Extensions," Christopher J. O'Leary
Panel: The Efficacy of Higher Education Grant Programs
Thursday, November 12, 10:15–11:45 am
Paper: "The Merits of Universal Scholarships: Cost-Benefit Evidence from the Kalamazoo Promise," Timothy J. Bartik, Brad Hershbein (presenter), and Marta Lachowska
Panel: The Effectiveness of U.S. Employment Policy during the Great Recession
Thursday, November 12, 1:45–3:15 pm
Paper: "Public Workforce Programs during the Great Recession," Stephen Wandner (presenter) and Randall W. Eberts
Panel: The Administration of Labour Policies and Programs: Global Perspectives
Thursday, November 12, 3:30–5:00 pm
Panel Chair: Randall W. Eberts
Discussant: Randall W. Eberts
Panel: Research-Practitioner Partnerships to Create Evidence-Based Anti-Poverty Programs
Friday, November 13, 10:15–11:45 am
Discussant: Brad Hershbein
Panel: Do the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Employment and Training Programs Work?
Friday, November 13, 10:15–11:45 am
Paper: "Net Impact of WIA Services in Washington State," Kevin Hollenbeck
Panel: Education Innovations In and Outside the Home
Friday, November 13, 1:30–3:00 pm
Panel Organizer: Brad Hershbein
Discussant: Marcus Dillender
Paper: "The Effects of Pre-K Access on Quality and Social Mobility," by Timothy J. Bartik (presenter) and Brad Hershbein
Panel: Addressing Barriers to Care: New Avenues for Evidence-Based Health Policy
Saturday, November 14, 8:30–10:00 am
Paper: "Language Skills and Health Insurance Coverage," Marcus Dillender
Panel: Unemployment Insurance Issues
Saturday, November 14, 10:15–11:45 am
Panel Chair: Kevin Hollenbeck
Discussant: Christopher J. O'Leary
Paper: "The Effects of the Unemployment Insurance Work Test on Match Quality and Other Long-Term Employment Outcomes," Marta Lachowska (presenter), Stephen Woodbury, and Merve Meral