The Promise of Public Sector-Sponsored Training Programs
通过评估过去政府培训项目的影响，发现虽然效果有限，但投入与产出基本匹配，提醒政策制定者培训投资规模远不足以解决技能缺陷问题。
As concern about workers’ skills has risen, so has interest in the role that government training programs might play in addressing ‘America's workforce crisis.’ One way to gauge whether increased reliance on these programs will substantially improve the skills of the workforce is to examine the impact of past programs. The evidence from these programs indicates that, although the gains were small, for the most part we got what we paid for. This outcome should not be surprising because investments in training were exceedingly modest compared to the skill deficiencies that policymakers have been trying to address.