Does Job Corps work? A conversation with Anne Kim
Hardly Working with Brent Orrell · American Enterprise Institute
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Show Notes
Job Corps is a program that dates to President Lyndon B. Johnson’s War on Poverty. The initial goal — help young people develop the skills they need to succeed in the workforce — was laudable. However, as tends to happen with government programs, the results have fallen short of the vision.
On this episode of “Hardly Working,” I’m joined by Anne Kim, who listeners may recognize from her first appearanceon the show. Kim talked about a recent article she wrote for Washington Monthly looking at the promise of Job Corps and the disappointment it has left in its wake.
Show Notes:
Anne Kim’s first appearance on ‘Hardly Working’
Anne Kim’s essay in Washington Monthly
George Foreman repaying Job Corp
Mathematica Job Corps evaluation
On why doing nothing can be better than doing something
On the wrong people benefiting from Job Corps
Minding our workforce: The role of noncognitive skills in career successEconomic Mobility Pathways (EMPath)
On Job Corps trouble in COVID-19 times
Problems with millennial generation coming out of 2008 recession