- Fall/Winter (2012-2013) 2013
- Focus-29-2
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- Link to foc292sup (PDF)
This issue of Focus is centered on the theme of building human capital for youth from disadvantaged backgrounds, one of IRP’s major research themes for the next two years. Now almost four years after the end of the Great Recession, hiring and job quality are both far from a full recovery, especially for low-skill younger workers. Because we believe that the answer to poverty for non-disabled adults and their children lies in a good steady job with decent wages and long-term prospects for advancement, we are especially interested in how to improve job market outcomes for poor youth and adults.
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- Introduction to the issue, 29(2), by Timothy M. Smeeding (IRP Director)
- Hard evidence on soft skills, by James J. Heckman
- A Year Up (includes all articles in this section)
- Year Up: Providing a pathway from poverty to a professional career for urban young adults, by Gerald Chertavian
- How does Year Up measure up? by Carolyn Heinrich
- Response from the author, by Gerald Chertavian
- Value-added measures of teachers: Research and policy (includes all articles in this section)
- The long-term effects of teachers
- Effects of value-added policies, by Jesse Rothstein
- Use of value added in teacher policy measures, by Eric A. Hanushek
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Links to additional readings and videos related to the articles in the issue. This resource may be particularly useful in the classroom.
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