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Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training. – 1977
The history and development of concepts and practices in apprenticeship are discussed in this booklet, which is divided into five sections. Section 1 covers information from indentures imported from Europe, and early labor conditions through skill in apprenticeable trades and apprentice masterpieces. Section 2, Apprenticeship Undergoes Change,…
Descriptors: Agencies, American History, Apprenticeships, Disadvantaged
Mincy, Ronald B., Ed. – Urban Institute Press, 2006
Despite the overall economic gains in the 1990s, many young black men continue to have the poorest life chances of anyone in our society. Joblessness and low earnings among these less-educated young adults are contributing to reductions in marriage, increases in nonmarital childbearing, and a host of other social problems. In "Black Males…
Descriptors: Expertise, Employment Services, African Americans, Social Problems
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). – 1977
This booklet examines the problems encountered by youth while making the school-to-work transition and analyzes the measures undertaken in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) member countries to deal with youth unemployment. Part I in an analysis of young people's difficulties in entering the working life describes…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Developed Nations, Education, Educational Responsibility
Committee for Economic Development, New York, NY. Research and Policy Committee. – 1978
This policy statement focuses on ways of overcoming unemployment and underemployment for groups (young, old, disadvantaged) that typically experience high or prolonged joblessness, and on increasing incentives for productive work. Recommendations resulting from the CED study focus on these areas: new and expanded use on a nationwide basis of…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Agency Role, Business, Change Strategies
Peck, Jamie – 2001
This book discusses the evolution of workfare policies in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Chapter 1 defines the term "workfare" and examines the concepts of transnationalizing workfare and workfarist labor regulation. Chapter 2 establishes workfare's theoretical context and explores the relationship between welfare…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Definitions, Education Work Relationship, Employment Opportunities
Hamilton, Gayle; Freedman, Stephen; et al. – 2001
The 5-year impacts of mandatory welfare-to-work programs on welfare recipients and their children were examined by using a rigorous research design called a social experiment to examine 11 welfare-to-work programs in 6 states (California, Georgia, Michigan, Ohio, Oklahoma, and Oregon). Four employment-focused and seven education-focused programs…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Child Care, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Comparative Analysis
Pink, Daniel H. – 2001
This book provides a comprehensive examination of the rise of free agent workers, how free agency is transforming the lives of free agents and those around them, problems encountered by free agents, and the future of free agency. The following are among the topics discussed in the book's 19 chapters: (1) the numbers and nuances of free agency; (2)…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Agencies, Aging (Individuals)