Economic Evaluation of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act: An Overview of Recent Findings and Advances in Evaluation Methods.

Stromsdorfer, Ernst W.

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ERIC Number: EJ363007

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Publication Date: 1987

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Economic Evaluation of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act: An Overview of Recent Findings and Advances in Evaluation Methods.

Stromsdorfer, Ernst W.

Evaluation Review, v11 n4 p387-94 Aug 1987

Seven studies commissioned by the U.S. Department of Labor measuring the net market impacts of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act are reviewed. Their purpose was to generate informed debate on the efficacy of quasi-experimental designs and structural economic models to evaluate federally subsidized employment and training programs. (BS)

Descriptors: Adult Education, Employment Programs, Evaluation Methods, Job Training, Labor Economics, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Quasiexperimental Design, Research Reports

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Comprehensive Employment and Training Act; Job Training Partnership Act 1982

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