Description/Abstract
Critics of the Job Partnership Training Act of 1982 (JTPA) argue that most of its job placement success has been the result of the "creaming" of participants--that is, of serving individuals who are most employable at the expense of those most in need. Using a bivariate probit model of JTPA trainee selection and job placement success, this paper analyzes the selection of JTPA past recipients. It provides a first approximation of the importance of nonrandom selection on job placement rates. Creaming is found to take place within service delivery areas (SDAs), especially with respect to the avoidance of eligible high school dropouts, but private industry councils do not simply maximize their job placement rates. The authors estimate that, in the absence of creaming, placement rates in Tennessee would fall by 18 percent. But the major change would come in increased enrollment in urban areas, not in the socio-economic characteristic of enrollees within SDAs.
Document Type
Working Paper
Date
2-1992
Language
English
Funder(s)
Tennessee Department of Labor
Acknowledgements
These data were made available to us through the offices of Tennessee Labor Commissioner James R. White.
Disciplines
Economic Policy | Economics | Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration | Public Policy
ISSN
1061 1843
Recommended Citation
Anderson, Kathryn H.; Burkhauser, Richard V.; and Raymond, Jennie E., "Reality or Illusion: The Importance of Creaming on Job Placement Rates in Job Training Partnership Act Programs" (1992). Center for Policy Research. 414.
https://surface.syr.edu/cpr/414
Source
Local Input
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Additional Information
Policy studies paper no.2