Policy Design and Regional Cooperation under the Workforce Investment Act

Policy Design and Regional Cooperation Under the Workforce Investment Act

formation and evolution of regional organizations: the case study of the economic cooperation organization (eco)

abstract because of the many geopolitical, geo economical and geo strategically potentials and communicational capabilities of eco region, members can expand the convergence and the integration in base of this organization that have important impact on members development and expanding peace in international and regional level. based on quality analyzing of library findings and experts interv...

Introduction [to The Workforce Investment Act]

Investment under Uncertainty and Policy Change∗

In this paper the impact of a policy change on the investment behavior of the firm is studied in an asymmetric information setting. The policy change occurs when a stochastic process describing the state of the economic environment reaches a certain trigger. Asymmetric information is modeled here by imposing that the firm does not know this trigger but only its probability distribution. Consequ...

Conflict and Collaboration: Providers and Planners Implementing the Workforce Investment Act (WIA)

This qualitative case study investigated the impact of WIA funding on the providers and planners of programs for incumbent workers in one Midwest WIA region, examining the collaboration and power conflicts that are part of planning and implementing this legislation. The study applied Matland’s (1995) ambiguity/conflict framework to WIA implementation.