Initial implementation of the Trade Act of 2002 : a report prepared as part of the evaluation of the trade adjustment assistance program / Ronald D'Amico [and others].

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

D'Amico, Ronald

Social Policy Research Associates

United States. Employment and Training Administration

Series:

ETA occasional paper ; 2009-14.

ETA occasional paper ; 2009-14

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Trade adjustment assistance--United States.

Trade adjustment assistance.

Displaced workers--Services for--United States.

Displaced workers.

Foreign trade and employment--United States.

Foreign trade and employment.

Displaced workers--Services for.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([111] pages).

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : [U.S. Dept. of Labor, Employment and Training Administration] ; [Oakland, CA] : Social Policy Research Associates, [2009]

Summary:

The Trade Act of 2002 significantly amended the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program which provides extensive training and benefits to dislocated workers certified as trade-affected. The Act created a single program (repealing the North American Free Trade Agreement-TAA program), mandated that certification of workers' petitions occur in 40 (down from 60) days by the U.S. Department of Labor, and instituted new deadlines for enrolling in training by 8 weeks after certification or 16 weeks after job separation. Among other changes, the law also opened eligibility to secondary workers, offered a tax credit to partially cover health insurance, created the Alternative TAA (ATAA) program to provide compensation to older participants who obtain lower-paid work but no training. To understand the issues and challenges in implementing the Trade Act of 2002, site visits were conducted in May and June of 2004 in 12 state agencies (selected randomly proportionate to size of states' TAA activity) and in 12 local offices. This report is part of a longer-term project to conduct a national net-impact evaluation of the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program.

Notes:

ETA series statement supplied from external sources.

Title from title screen (viewed February 25, 2010).

"DOL contract No. AK-13690000430."

"SPR project no. 1147."

"Prepared by: Social Policy Research Associates ... with contributions from: Mathematica Policy Research."

"Final report."

"May 2009."

OCLC:

557492894