Publication Date
1-1-1996
DOI
10.17848/9780585280295
Abstract
The essays in this volume, authored by close friends, associates and students of Sar Levitan, pay tribute to the enduring mark he left on the field of social policy. The book is loosely organized around the method of analysis taught and practiced by Levitan: identifying problems through the examination of facts, developing a thorough understanding of institutions, assessing institutional policies, and evaluating policy options.
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ISBN
9780880991711 (pbk.) ; 9780585280295 (ebook)
Subject Areas
EDUCATION; UNEMPLOYMENT, DISABILITY, and INCOME SUPPORT PROGRAMS; WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
Citation
Mangum, Garth and Stephen Mangum, eds. 1996. Of Heart and Mind: Social Policy Essays in Honor of Sar A. Levitan. Kalamazoo, MI: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. https://doi.org/10.17848/9780585280295
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Contents
1. Introduction / Stephen Mangum
2. Secular Rabbi: The Life and Times of Sar A. Levitan / Garth Mangum
3. Young Workers, Young Families, and Child Poverty / Andrew Sum, Clifford Johnson, and Neal Fogg
4. Ethnic Differences in School Departure: Does Youth Employment Promote or Undermine Educational Attainment? / Marta Tienda and Avner Ahituv
5. MDTA and CETA: A Personal Revisit / Eli Ginzberg
6. Vocational Education Accountability in a "Block-Grant-to-States" World: Historical Perspective / David W. Stevens
7. Employment Service Revisited / Miriam Johnson
8. Contingent Work and the Role of Labor Market Intermediaries / Audrey Freedman
9. Minimum Wage Policy and Research: What's a Person to Believe? / Stephen E. Baldwin and Robert S. Goldfarb
10. Public Sector Job Creation: A Review of Past Experience and Its Relevance to the Future / William Grinker
11. Achieving National Economic and Social Goals: The Counterproductive Role of Post-1965 Immigration Policy / Vernon M. Briggs, Jr
12. The Baby and the Bath Water: Lessons for the Next Employment and Training Program / Burt S. Barnow and Christopher T. King
13. Toward Quality Programs for At-Risk Youth / Susan P. Curnan, Alan Melchior, and Alan Zuckerman
14. Welfare Reform: Lessons from the JOBS Program / Irene Lurie
15. What Should Be Our Human Capital Investment Policy? / James J. Heckman
16. Employment and Unemployment Statistics Revisited / Markley Roberts
17. The Prospects for Arbitration in the Nonunion Sector / Trevor Bain