RMC Research Scientist Dr. Daniel Schroeder was invited to co-present at a workshop during the National Child Support Enforcement Association‘s (NCSEA) 2018 Leadership Symposium held August 12-15, 2018 at the Westin Convention Center in Pittsburgh, PA. Dr. Schroeder joined Jane Venohr, Steve Eldred, and Vernon Drew for the workshop entitled “Research Leading the Future of Child Support.”
Paving the Way for the Future Workforce
In this chapter from Investing in America’s Workforce: Improving Outcomes for Workers and Employers, Rob Grunewald looks both at how investments in early childhood development can reduce downstream costs and support workforce productivity decades later, and how the presence of quality childcare provides important workforce infrastructure that allows parents to enter the workforce and be productive at their jobs. Read this final chapter release prior to the November 9 book launch at www.investinwork.org/book.
The chapter is part of Investing in America’s Workforce: Improving Outcomes for Workers and Employers, which will be released on November 9, 2018. The book includes the voices of over 100 contributing authors who share research, best practices, and resources on workforce development. The project is a result of a two-and-a-half-year collaboration of the Federal Reserve System, Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University, the Ray Marshall Center at the University of Texas at Austin, and the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. See www.investinwork.org for more information on the initiative and the upcoming book release.
Rebalancing the Risk: Innovation in Funding Human Capital Development
Maintaining and expanding skill levels can be costly, particularly for workers themselves. In this chapter, Dr. Heath Prince of the Ray Marshall Center introduces a section of the book that addresses innovative ways to fund workforce development to rebalance the risk of training investments. The chapter is part of Investing in America’s Workforce: Improving Outcomes for Workers and Employers. Read this chapter and others at www.investinwork.org/book, and stay tuned for more chapter releases and the book launch on November 9!
The chapter is part of Investing in America’s Workforce: Improving Outcomes for Workers and Employers, which will be released on November 9, 2018. The book includes the voices of over 100 contributing authors who share research, best practices, and resources on workforce development. The project is a result of a two-and-a-half-year collaboration of the Federal Reserve System, Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University, the Ray Marshall Center at the University of Texas at Austin, and the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. See www.investinwork.org for more information on the initiative and the upcoming book release.
The Rural Dimensions of Workforce Development
Given the challenges faced by many rural regions, what are prerequisites for effective policy and practice in a rural context? Find out in this chapter of Investing in America’s Workforce: Improving Outcomes for Workers and Employers, “The Rural Dimensions of Workforce Development.” Brian Dabson, a research fellow at the School of Government at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, addresses challenges to achieving economic opportunity in rural regions and the ways in which technology and globalization have affected industries and labor markets. Read the chapter at www.investinwork.org/book and stay tuned for more chapter releases and the book launch on November 9.
The chapter is part of Investing in America’s Workforce: Improving Outcomes for Workers and Employers, which will be released on November 9, 2018. The book includes the voices of over 100 contributing authors who share research, best practices, and resources on workforce development. The project is a result of a two-and-a-half-year collaboration of the Federal Reserve System, Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University, the Ray Marshall Center at the University of Texas at Austin, and the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. See www.investinwork.org for more information on the initiative and the upcoming book release.
Dr. Prince and team participate in initiative supporting RMC’s behavioral economics intervention in Northern Jordan
On February 20th and 21st of this year, Dr. Heath Prince led his research team’s participation in the official launch workshop for the initiative supporting the Ray Marshall Center’s behavioral economics intervention in Northern Jordan with support from Jordan University for Science and Technology (JUST). The project is funded by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research and is one of several similar experiments in a larger initiative supported by Share-Net Jordan and Share-Net International to improve sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). The aim of the workshop was to facilitate acquaintance, networking, and linking, both among the projects as well as between the projects, Share-Net Jordan, and Share-Net International. The workshop also encouraged further exchange, learning, and cooperation among parties. The focus was on academic issues and research uptake. The academic issues consisted of sharing experiences and challenges concerning theoretical and methodological approaches; dealing with sensitivities around SRHR and the security situation (risk assessment); and reviewing how to measure progress towards expected output/outcomes. Research uptake centered around using results in policy and practice; analyzing essential elements that ensure research uptake; detailing the Impact Pathway; determining (strategies for) stakeholder engagement; and communication and measuring progress towards expected output/outcomes. The workshop facilitated the connecting of people and helped to identify common themes and challenges for further actions (workshops, joint publications, joint seminar, etc.), as well as for learning from each other. The workshop also yielded insights for ‘projects’ on how to improve their communication/research uptake plans and provided ideas on how Share-Net can further assist the projects in reaching out to the wider (policy & practice) community. The RMC/JUST experiment runs through December of 2018, with final reports due in August of 2019.
To read more about RMC’s collaboration with NWO and JUST, please visit the project page.
Evaluation of Austin Community College’s Strengthening Institutions Program Grant: Annual Outcomes and Impact Report
Evaluation of Austin Community College’s Strengthening Institutions Program Grant: Annual Outcomes and Impact Report
Authors: Ashweeta Patnaik and Greg Cumpton
Date: August 2018
Publication Type: Report, 26pp.
This report summarizes preliminary findings from the impact evaluation. Findings are based on analyses of comprehensive data on the treatment group and comparison group, made available from the institutional research data system at ACC. The report describes the participants served by the ACC SIP grant and examines participation patterns. The report presents early findings from the outcomes analysis, followed by a chapter outlining the impact analysis approach and presenting partial impact findings. The report concludes with a chapter summarizing key preliminary findings and outlining next steps for the evaluation.
2017 Nuru Ethiopia Impact Report
2017 Nuru Ethiopia Impact Report
Date: August 2018
Publication Type: Report, 42pp.
Since 2016, the Ray Marshall Center has been providing technical assistance to support Nuru International’s monitoring and evaluation (M&E) team. The Center’s experience and expertise supports Nuru’s work in Kenya, Ethiopia, and Nigeria by demonstrating the effectiveness and robustness of its integrated approach to addressing poverty. The integrated Nuru model seeks to address four key areas of need: 1) food insecurity, 2) inability to cope with economic shocks, 3) unnecessary disease and death, and 4) lack of quality education for children.
In Ethiopia and Kenya, Nuru M&E utilizes a quasi-experimental design with the intent of measuring the effectiveness of the four impact programs as well as the overarching impact of these programs on multidimensional poverty. By following a panel of farmers from a non-intervention group as well as the same cohort of Nuru households over time, Nuru M&E evaluates whether or not any observed changes in well-being can be attributed to Nuru programming. Additionally, M&E analyzes key performance indicators to ensure programs track toward their goals.
Since 2017, RMC researchers have been responsible for carrying out data analyses for the Nuru M&E team and studying the outcomes and impacts of Nuru’s programming in Ethiopia. Findings from the analyses are used by the Nuru M&E team to inform program planning and decision making. In this report, RMC researchers present results from an outcomes and impact analysis of Nuru’s Rural Livelihoods, Health, and Education programs in Ethiopia in 2017.
Monitoring and Evaluation Technical Assistance for A Glimmer of Hope Foundation: Guidance About Target Populations and Interventions
Monitoring and Evaluation Technical Assistance for A Glimmer of Hope Foundation: Guidance About Target Populations and Interventions
Authors: Ashweeta Patnaik and Heath Prince
Date: June 2018
Publication Type: Report, 33pp.
From March 2018 through May 2018, the Ray Marshall Center provided technical assistance to support A Glimmer of Hope Foundation’s monitoring and evaluation (M&E) efforts. The RMC’s experience and expertise supported Glimmer’s work by demonstrating the effectiveness and robustness of its integrated approach to addressing poverty. In the first phase of technical assistance, RMC conducted an in-depth review of Glimmer’s baseline assessment study design and baseline assessment tools, and provided recommendations based on best practices from the literature.
In the second phase of technical assistance, RMC conducted an in-depth review of literature to understand the primary factors driving poverty in Ethiopia; interventions currently being implemented to address these factors; specific interventions that have been shown to be most effective; and interventions, issues, and target populations that other actors (government/NGOs) are addressing in the area and their effectiveness. In this report, we provide strategic advice and recommendations on the selection of appropriate target populations and appropriate target interventions for Glimmer (specifically in the livelihoods and education sectors).
Bridging the Talent Gap through Data Insights and Community Action
Bridging the Talent Gap through Data Insights and Community Action
In a newly posted chapter from Investing in America’s Workforce: Improving Outcomes for Workers and Employers, the authors explore results from a survey of over 1,600 businesses. Findings reveal a valuable relationship between employers who provide learning benefits and employees who take advantage of these programs. For small and midsized employers in particular, employer-provided education programs are influential in achieving employers’ organizational goals. Read the chapter at investinwork.org/book and stay tuned for the book launch on November 9!
The chapter is part of Investing in America’s Workforce: Improving Outcomes for Workers and Employers, which will be released on November 9, 2018. The book includes the voices of over 100 contributing authors who share research, best practices, and resources on workforce development. The project is a result of a two-and-a-half-year collaboration of the Federal Reserve System, Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University, the Ray Marshall Center at the University of Texas at Austin, and the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. See www.investinwork.org for more information on the initiative and the upcoming book release.
Genesys Works Outcomes Report
Genesys Works Outcomes Report
Authors: Ashweeta Patnaik and Greg Cumpton
Date: June 2018
Publication Type: Report, 21pp.
Genesys Works is a non-profit organization that helps inner-city high school seniors, after providing job-specific summer training, land part time internships at local businesses. The Ray Marshall Center conducted an outcomes evaluation for Genesys Works. After linking participant data to Texas Unemployment Insurance wage records, researchers were able to longitudinally track participants and measure long-term education and employment outcomes of program participation. The evaluation found that the vast majority of program participants enrolled in college in the fall post high school graduation and that college persistence was relatively high. Notably, researchers found that participants who enrolled and completed college had higher earnings in their seventh year post high school graduation, compared to participants who enrolled but did not complete college; the earnings of participants who did not enroll in college were much lower.
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