1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910816776903321

Autore

Mai Verena Maria

Titolo

Capacity of welfare regimes to absorb macro-economic shocks : national differences in the development of unemployment, poverty and the distribution of income in the aftermath of the financial crisis 2008 / / Verena Maria Mai

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hamburg, Germany : , : Anchor Academic Publishing, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

3-95489-650-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (54 p.)

Collana

Compact

Disciplina

330.943

Soggetti

Financial crises - Germany

Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

The capacity of welfare regimes to absorb macro-economic shocks; Table of contents; List of Tables and Figures; Figures; 1. Introduction; 2. Challenges for Three European Welfare States: Sweden, Austria and Spain; 2.1. Welfare State Typology; 2.2. A typology of economic crises; 2.3. Impacts of the financial crisis on national budgets (2007 - 2010); 3. Impact of the Crisis on Unemployment, Poverty and Distribution; 3.1. Unemployment: Developments in Sweden, Austria and Spain in comparison; 3.2. Poverty: Developments in Sweden, Austria and Spain in comparison

3.3. Distribution: Developments in Sweden, Austria and Spain in comparison4. Summary and Conclusion; Bibliography; Appendix

Sommario/riassunto

The financial crisis, which struck the EU countries in 2008, was followed by the severest economic recession since the end of the Second World War. This book illustrates the development of unemployment, poverty and the distribution of income within the social systems of Sweden, Austria and Spain in the aftermath of the financial crisis 2008. Whether one country has been more effective in cushioning the negative impacts of the economic downturn and whether variations in the development of these socio-political indicators are attributable



to the different welfare state models, are central to thi

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910220140403321

Autore

Gonzalez Gabriella

Titolo

Energy-sector workforce development in West Virginia : aligning community college education and training with needed skills

Pubbl/distr/stampa

RAND Corporation, 2015

[Place of publication not identified], : Rand Corporation, 2015

ISBN

9780833093233

0833093231

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

[Research report]  Energy-sector workforce development in West Virginia

Soggetti

Energy industries - Supply and demand - Employees - West Virginia

Energy industries - Employees - Training of - West Virginia

Community college graduates - Supply and demand - West Virginia

Skilled labor - Supply and demand - West Virginia

Labor supply - Effect of education on - West Virginia

Vocational education - West Virginia

Occupational training - West Virginia

Labor & Workers' Economics

Business & Economics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Sommario/riassunto

"In the past, West Virginia's energy sector was primarily based on mining and combusting coal for industry or electricity. In recent years, the production and industrial application of natural gas and natural gas liquids from shale resources have increased demand for workers in the energy sector. In 2013, the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) asked RAND to work closely with the Community and Technical College System of West Virginia (CTCS) to develop a strategy for



energy-sector employers and education and training institutions to collaborate to ensure that the local talent pool is prepared to enter the workforce with the competencies to fill energy-sector jobs now and in the future. To develop that strategy we examined data from the Occupational Information Network (O*NET) and interviewed energy-sector employers in West Virginia to determine the key knowledge areas, skills, and abilities required of energy-sector employees across the country and within West Virginia. We then analyzed data from the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission, interviews with representatives of academic and training providers within CTCS, apprenticeship programs, a regional Workforce Investment Board (WIB), and CTCS students enrolled in energy-related programs to determine whether education and training is aligned with the sector's needs and what may impede such alignment. We conducted a national review of promising practices from training provider-employer partnerships across the United States. Based on this analysis, we developed ten recommended action items CTCS and other regional stakeholders can implement to support a well-aligned and coherent energy-sector workforce-development pipeline."--Back cover.