Title

Of Heart and Mind: Social Policy Essays in Honor of Sar A. Levitan

Year

1996

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.

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, Neal Fogg
  4. Ethnic Differences in School Departure / Marta Tienda, Avner Ahituv
  5. MDTA and CETA / Eli Ginzberg
  6. Vocational Education Accountability in a "Block-Grant-to-States" World / 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 / Stephen E. Baldwin, Robert S. Goldfarb
  10. Public Sector Job Creation / William Grinker
  11. Achieving National Economic and Social Goals / Vernon M. Briggs, Jr.
  12. The Baby and the Bath Water / Burt S. Barnow, Christopher T. King
  13. Toward Quality Programs for At-Risk Youth / Susan P. Curnan, Alan Melchior, Alan Zuckerman
  14. Welfare Reform / Irene Lurie, Colletta Moser
  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
  18. Sar A. Levitan bibliography, 1950-1994

ISBN

9780880991711 (pbk.)

Subject Areas

EDUCATION and TRAINING; UNEMPLOYMENT, DISABILITY, and POVERTY; WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT