Dr. Chris King gave a keynote talk on “The Promise of Emerging Two-Generation Strategies” at the Siemer Institute Summit at the Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Center on Sept. 21st. The Summit was attended by United Way grantees of the Siemer Foundation from more than 40 communities around the country. You can view his presentation here.
Evaluation of English@Work Employer Benefits and Costs
Principal Investigator: | Christopher T. King, Ph.D |
Sponsor(s): | Literacy Coalition of Central Texas and Houston Center for Literacy |
Project Duration: | July 2016 -September 2017 |
Description: | The Ray Marshall Center (RMC), with support from the Literacy Coalition of Central Texas (LCCT), will conduct an evaluation of English@Work’s benefits and costs for participating employers, a required component of LCCT’s grant from the Houston Center for Literacy-English@Work which was launched as a small nonprofit in Austin in 2005 and was subsumed by the LCCT in January 2014, is a unique approach to teaching English-language skills by contextualizing, customizing, and providing them in the workplace. Early results indicated that this approach substantially outperformed more traditional approaches that rely heavily on classroom instruction, provide few hours of actual instruction per week, and/or fail to contextualize and tailor instruction in the setting and language of the workplace. Students made larger gains on various literacy measure more quickly than these more traditional approaches. And, students indicated that they felt more motivated to learn in a cohort of their peers that was situated within their workplace. After three years evolving and growing under the auspices of the LCCT, the Texas Workforce Commission’s (TWC) Site-based Workplace Literacy Project has provided grant funding to scale up English@Work in Austin and expand it to the Houston area over the period from May 2016 to June 2017. The grant from TWC will support literacy and career services for more than 700 participants and plans to provide credentials or certificates of completion for around 490 of these participants over the grant period.
The RMC evaluation will address two questions, as follows:
This evaluation strives to capture near-term outcomes and ROI for employers whose employees receive English@Work services within the resources available to the grant. Outcomes will largely be based on employer perceptions of the results within a relatively immediate timeframe. A more comprehensive evaluation is planned for the future if additional funding can be secured. |
Reports Available: | Employer Benefits and Costs of English@Work Participation Authors: Christopher T. King and Cynthia Juniper Date: September 2017 Publication Type: Report, 48pp. |
RMC Researchers attend Behavioral Exchange 2016 conference at Harvard University
Dr. Heath Prince and Cynthia Juniper, with support from the Hitachi Foundation, attended the Behavioral Exchange 2016 conference at Harvard University on June 6 & 7, 2016. The Hitachi Foundation also sponsored a luncheon convening of experts to discuss the application of Behavioral Sciences to training low-wage, front line incumbent workers. Juniper and Prince recently completed a literature review, Behavioral Economics and Workforce Development: A Review of the Literature from Labor Economics and the Broader Field, to be published this fall in the Online Journal for Workforce Education and Development.
For more information about RMC’s “Behavioral Economics and Workforce Development” project funded by the Hitachi Foundation and to read the full literature review, please see the project page. Please note that the published version from the OJWED is scheduled to be released in August 2016.
RMC Researchers Daniel Schroeder and Ashweeta Patnaik present ADARE SNAP findings to the USDA’s ERS
Dr. Daniel Schroeder, RMC Research Scientist, and Ms. Ashweeta Patnaik, RMC Social Science Research Associate, were invited to present their findings from the ADARE-SNAP study to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service (USDA ERS) during a meeting held in Washington D.C. on June 7, 2016. The multi-state Administrative Data Research and Evaluation (ADARE) Alliance’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Study was funded by USDA ERS. The goals of the ADARE-SNAP study were to (1) analyze the interaction of SNAP caseload and recipient household composition dynamics aligned with receipt of Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefits and participation in UI covered employment, and (2) demonstrate by state-specific approaches and accomplishments how analyses based on longitudinal files of linked confidential state administrative data can be replicated in other states, and extended and refined by the partners in the consortium states. During this meeting, Dr. Schroeder and Ms.Patnaik discussed how the two safety net programs jointly operated in the unique economic conditions and policy environment of Texas, and in particular how they responded to the Great Recession and its aftermath. Study partners from other states in the alliance also attended the meeting and shared highlights from their state-specific analyses. The meeting was organized by the The Jacob France Institute at the University of Baltimore and hosted by USDA ERS.
Multidimensional Poverty Assignment
Principal Investigator: | Heath J. Prince, PhD |
Sponsor(s): | Nuru International |
Project Duration: | September 2016 – September 2017 |
Description: | The Ray Marshall Center (RMC), with support from Nuru International (NI), will assist NI Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) with the methodology, tools, and data analysis of its integrated programming model in Ethiopia and Kenya. RMC will provide technical guidance on measurement and data collection for the Multidimensional Poverty Index along with quantitative data analysis of NI’s Multidimensional Poverty Survey (MPI). The key questions being asked this first year are:
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Heath Prince publishes article on youth unemployment in the MENA Region for The Conversation
Five years ago, young people in the Middle East and North Africa led a major uprising with hopes for a better life. Dr. Heath Prince, a University of Texas labor market expert, explains why little has changed in this article published online for The Conversation. You can check out the article here. The full paper can be found here.
Chris King Presents Two-Generation Strategies to JobPath in Tucson, Arizona
On April 28, Dr. Chris King presented Promise of Two-Generation Anti-poverty Strategies: Existing and Emerging Evidence to JobPath, a sectoral training initiative of Tucson Interfaith Community Services. The presentation featured new lessons being learned from 2-Gen strategies in other states as well as current best practices for implementing and sustaining 2-Gen frameworks.
Two-Generation Anthology: Ascend
Principal Investigator: | Christopher T. King, PhD |
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Sponsor: | The Aspen Institute’s Ascend Program Innovation Fund | |
Project Duration: | December 2012 – April 2015 | |
Description: | Two Generations. One Future: An Anthology from the Ascend Fellowship, featuring the 2012-2013 class of the Aspen Institute Ascend Fellows, is the culmination of more than two years of collaboration and bold idea development, aimed at building a cycle of intergenerational opportunity in America. The Anthology includes essays from leading practitioners, policymakers and experts, and researchers, capturing the momentum, challenges, and opportunities for two-generation approaches emerging at the local, state, and national levels.
The Anthology features:
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Reports Available: | Two Generations. One Future: An Anthology from the Ascend Fellowship Editors: Dr. Christopher King; Dr. P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale; and Dr. Mario Small Date: April 2015 Publication Type: Anthology, 172pp |
Linkage of Data at the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) with Texas Administrative Records
Principal Investigator: | Greg Cumpton, MPA |
Sponsor(s): | Centers for Disease Control |
Project Duration: | August 2014 – August 2017 |
Description: | The purpose of this work is to link food assistance and other related data from Texas with National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) data to assist in policy planning in the United States. Data to be linked includes Texas Administrative Data Files (TADFs), Texas Food Stamp Program (FSP) records, Texas Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) files, and Unemployment Insurance (UI) files.
This work will be completed in two stages: the first stage of the work, which links data from 2005-2010, will be completed in 2015. The second stage of the work, which links data from 2011-2012, will be completed by August 31, 2016. |
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Understanding SNAP-UI Interactions and Income After Job Loss
Principal Investigator: | Daniel Schroeder, Ph.D. |
Sponsor: | US Department of Agriculture |
Project Duration: | July 2012 to September 2016 |
Description: | The objective of this research is to gain a better understanding of the income trajectories of persons who have experienced job loss and the roles that Unemployment Insurance (UI) and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) play in mediating income loss. The research will add to ERS’s understanding of the prevalence and severity of income volatility and how decreases in income associated with job loss may affect decisions regarding SNAP participation and duration of assistance, especially among the working poor. Research results can inform program and policy decisions regarding targeting of program outreach efforts, the interdependence of program budget needs between the nation’s two largest social safety-net programs during different portions of the business cycle, and how duration of available assistance is correlated with future earnings growth. |
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