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How Can Subsidized Jobs Help the Most Disadvantaged Workers Recover from the COVID-19 Recession?
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How Can Subsidized Jobs Help the Most Disadvantaged Workers Recover from the COVID-19 Recession?
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16 minutes
Released:
Jul 30, 2020
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Podcast episode
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Subsidized employment uses public funds to create jobs for the unemployed and are especially useful during economic downturns. Many have argued that subsidized employment programs should be part of policymakers’ response to pandemic-induced mass joblessness. MDRC has been studying subsidized employment for more than 40 years and recently completed two large-scale federal projects that rigorously tested 13 subsidized employment programs in eight states. The programs served very disadvantaged workers, such as people receiving cash assistance or people returning to the community from prison. To learn more about subsidized employment programs and how they can be designed to reach the most disadvantaged, Leigh Parise spoke with MDRC Senior Vice President Dan Bloom.
Released:
Jul 30, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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