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According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, over 15 million workers were self-employed in 2016. Self-employment can offer dislocated workers a path to financial security and economic mobility. In 2013, the Department of Labor funded the...

WIOA sets out to implement workforce education and employment system reforms to help strengthen the public workforce system. Although WIOA replaced WIA, recent studies under WIA sought to address research questions to inform such reforms. The...

This report highlights a strategy that combines short-term measures such as job-friendly macroeconomic and labor market policies with further action to tackle long-standing imbalances and ensure lasting job recovery.

Traces the history of seven regional workforce collaboratives in the initiative, from before the launch of the National Fund through early 2010.

Examines an example of on-the-job training and its role in overall workforce development.

Presents suggestive evidence on aspects of training funded by the Trade Adjustment Assistance program (under the 2002 amendments) that were associated with better outcomes for participants.

Highlights efforts taken by selected 12 states and 14 local workforce investment areas (in those states) to improve the quality of case management services provided to Trade Adjustment Assistance customers.

Describes outreach practices utilized and challenges experienced among state workforce agencies attempting to increase participant enrollment and retention in the Trade Adjustment Assistance program.

Describes findings from a process and impact evaluation of a Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) pilot project in Wisconsin.

Examines the initial implementation of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Reform Act of 2002 and states’ early progress and challenges in implementing the new legislation.