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.

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.

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.

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.