Building skills for Black workers :  preparing for the future labor market / 
edited by Cecilia A. Conrad. 
 - Washington, D.C. :  Lanham, Md. :  Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies ;  University Press of America,  c2004. 
 - x, 166 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
 - Black worker in the 21st century ;  v. 2. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-161) 
<br/><br/>Foreword / Eddie N. Williams -- Ch. 1. Introduction and overview / Cecilia A. Conrad -- Ch. 2. The effect of class size and school vouchers on minority achievement / Cecilia Elena Rouse -- Ch. 3. The digital divide in educating black students and workers / Alan B. Krueger -- Ch. 4. Racial and ethnic differences in the impact of job training on wages / William M. Rodgers III -- Ch. 5. Do black workers lack soft skills? / Cecilia A. Conrad -- Ch. 6. The role of public policy in the skills development of black workers in the 21st century / Timothy Bartik, Kevin Hollenbeck. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0761827781 076182779X (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2003114220 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>African Americans--Employment.<br/>African Americans--Education.<br/>Labor market--United States.<br/>Discrimination in employment--United States.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>LC2781  / .B53 2004