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A Year Up
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Fall/Winter (2012-2013) 2013
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Good Workers for Good Jobs: Improving Education and Workforce Systems in the US
- Harry J. Holzer
- Discussion Paper
- January 2013
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Boosting the employment and productivity of American workers
- Harry J. Holzer
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- January 2012
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Creating Effective Education and Workforce Policies for Metropolitan Labor Markets in the United States
- Harry J. Holzer
- Discussion Paper
- November 2011
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Jobs, skills, and policy for lower-wage workers
- Robert H. Haveman, Carolyn J. Heinrich, and Timothy M. Smeeding
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- June 2011
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Improving Education and Employment for Disadvantaged Young Men: Proven and Promising Strategies
- Carolyn J. Heinrich and Harry J. Holzer
- Discussion Paper
- June 2010