Preface; Acknowledgements; Table of contents; Acronyms and abbreviations; Executive summary; Reader's guide; Box 1. Summary of the OECD LEED Local Job Creation Project Methodology; Local Job Creation dashboard; Box 2. Local Job Creation dashboard; The approach for the United States; California; Michigan; Reference; Chapter 1. Policy context for employment and skills in the United States; Key economic trends in the United States; Employment and training programmes in the United States; Box 1.1. The Workforce Investment Act and Possible Reauthorisation Table 1.1. Expenditures and number of participants of mandatory programmes in onestop career centresTable 1.2. Integrating programmes into OneStop Career Centres; Local Workforce Investment Boards and OneStop Career Centres; Figure 1.1. Partnership relationships with Local Workforce Investment Boards; Eligibility; Service contracts under the Local Workforce Investment Board (WIB); Memoranda of Understanding with OneStop Career Centre Partners; Other partners and collaborators; Accountability; Strategic plans; Training provision; Apprenticeships; Economic development policy Box 1.2. Local economic development in the case study areasSummary; Notes; References; Chapter 2. Overview of the United States case study areas; California; Sacramento Employment and Training Agency (SETA); Figure 2.1. Sacramento County Workforce Investment Area; Northern Rural Training, and Employment Consortium; Figure 2.2. NoRTEC Workforce Investment Area; Michigan; South East Michigan Community Alliance; Figure 2.3. SEMCA Workforce Investment Area; Great Lakes Bay Michigan Works; Figure 2.4. Great Lakes Bay Workforce Investment Area; Comparison across the four case study areas DemographicsTable 2.1. Demographic characteristics; Labour force dynamics; Table 2.2. Labour force dynamics of the four case study sites, 2007 and 2011; Commuting patterns; Table 2.3. Commuting patterns (inflows and outflows) of the four study sites, 2010; Industry structure; Table 2.4. Industry structure of the four study sites (share of total employment); Characteristics of the WIA programmes; Table 2.5. Characteristics of WIA adult programme participants and performance outcomes of the four study sites for programme, 2010 (all figures in USD); Balancing skills supply and demand Figure 2.5. Understanding the relationship between skills supply and demandFigure 2.6. Skills supply and demand in California (metro areas), 2009; Figure 2.7. Skills supply and demand in California (nonmetro areas), 2009; Figure 2.8. Skills supply and demand in Michigan (metro areas), 2009; Figure 2.9. Skills supply and demand in Michigan (nonmetro areas), 2009; Figure 2.10. Correlation between the education gap and the share of new job openings among US metropolitan areas; Figure 2.11. Correlation between the education gap and the unemployment rate among US metropolitan areas; Summary.