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Levitan, Sar A.; Gallo, Frank – 1986
The Targeted Jobs Tax Credit (TJTC), which was enacted in 1978, provided an incentive to employers to hire impoverished youth and other individuals from designated groups. In line with classical economic theory, advocates of TJTC anticipated that the legislation would boost total employment by reducing the cost of employing targeted workers. The…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns, Federal Legislation
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). – 1982
This report synthesizes the findings from several areas of work undertaken to assess what impact public sector employment has had on both the level and structure of employment. It also examines the impact of the public sector as employer on the labor market from two viewpoints: the level and share of public sector employment and the structure of…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Education, Disadvantaged, Employment
Download full textRumberger, Russell W. – 1983
The United States is faced with two serious economic problems: declining productivity growth and rising unemployment. These problems have become severe in the last decade. Both problems are caused by a number of factors, but experts fail to agree on which factors have most contributed to the problems. This paper examines the relationship between…
Descriptors: Administration, Developed Nations, Disadvantaged, Economic Research
Thornton, Helen S.; Zigmond, Naomi – Illinois Schools Journal, 1988
The current service delivery structure of vocational education does not hold at-risk learning-disabled (LD) students in school. LD graduates who complete skill-centered vocational courses are still vocationally disadvantaged when compared to nonhandicapped peers. Vocational education is not related to LD postschool success. (BJV)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Disadvantaged, Dropout Rate, Employment Patterns
Smith, Thomas J.; And Others – 1987
The task of addressing the complex and deeply rooted problems faced by the nation's at-risk youth is one that largely falls outside the scope of traditional institutions. Investment in the development and operation of "second-chance" education and employment programs has historically been inadequate, haphazard, and uncertain. The gains…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Demography, Disadvantaged, Educational Change
Johnson, Hugh – 1982
A vocational education administrator from the United Kingdom (UK) traveled to the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) to observe the education and training of young handicapped adults at 14 sites throughout the country. The focus of his investigation was on vocational counseling and vocational education and training for handicapped and disadvantaged…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Counseling, Comparative Analysis, Course Content
