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Barr, Nicholas; Hutchinson, Gillian – Times Educational Supplement (London), 1978
The authors analyze three major hypotheses for the worsening youth employment situation in Europe: demographic, cyclical, and structural; and review the advantages and disadvantages of various policies designed to lessen youth unemployment. (SJL)
Descriptors: Employment Problems, Employment Programs, Employment Statistics, Policy Formation

Lerman, Robert I. – Youth and Society, 1986
Reviews the youth unemployment problem and focuses on employment and training programs. Discusses, in separate sections, the causes of the youth employment problem; demand-related causes; supply-related causes; the effectiveness of strategies for assisting disadvantaged youth; linking young workers with employers; and implications for policy. (KH)
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Employment Problems, Employment Programs, Job Training

Homant, Robert J. – Journal of Offender Counseling, Services & Rehabilitation, 1984
Reviews the literature on employment of ex-offenders and proposes a model for understanding and predicting the effectiveness of ex-offender employment programs. Suggests that prisonization and self-esteem are especially important for understanding post-release adjustment. (JAC)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Correctional Rehabilitation, Employment Problems, Employment Programs
Werner, Gabriele A. – 1986
German primary vocational training is characterized by the Dual System, a system of alternating education with two major partners--business and special vocational education. It coordinates and integrates both theoretical and practical training. Students who complete compulsory education at age 15 may choose this vocational alternating training…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Continuing Education, Developed Nations, Employment Problems
Selkin, Burkart – 1983
Since 1976 the Management Board of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training has given top priority to the problem of youth unemployment. Analysis of the employment and training situation among young people showed the emergence of structural deficiencies in vocational training and employment opportunities and the importance of…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Improvement, Employment Problems, Employment Programs

Raffe, David – Scottish Educational Review, 1983
Describes trends in youth unemployment in Scotland since 1977. Notes the patterns and distribution of youth unemployment and considers their implications for education. Describes the changing pattern of instability in the youth labor market, noting the association between qualifications and employment. Discusses likely consequences of the Youth…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns, Employment Problems
Ashley, William L.; Kurth, Paula K. – 1988
This review presents a summary of the research on displaced worker programs and implications and recommendations for practice that the research supports. Chapter I is an overview of the displaced worker problem. It considers the extent of worker displacement and job loss and summarizes future projections. Chapter II discusses existing programs for…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Dislocated Workers, Employment Problems, Employment Programs
Taggart, Robert – 1980
Prepared as a basic background document for an interagency task force on youth employment, this report analyzes youth employment policies and programs for the 1980s. The main body of the report consists of three sections. Section 1, entitled "Policy Perspectives on the Youth Employment Problem," contains a discussion of pathways to…
Descriptors: Employment Patterns, Employment Potential, Employment Problems, Employment Programs
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
Strumpf, Lori – 1986
This monograph provides advice for local officials and Private Industry Council (PIC) members about youth employment and unemployment problems and strategies for solving them. The first part of the monograph sketches the problem of unemployment and its roots in a changing economy, youths' lack of basic skills, and the mismatch between the needs of…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Basic Skills, Education Work Relationship, Educational Needs
Passmore, David Lynn – 1981
Provided in this report are a number of empirical and conceptual papers dealing with barriers to youth employment. The first paper, "Barriers to Youth Employment: A Review," contains a summary of more than 100 reports on causes of youth employability problems and poses several alternative strategies for formulation of youth labor market policy.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Educational Needs, Employment Problems
Friedman, Pamela – Issue Notes, 1999
This document explains how community work experience programs (CWEP) and publicly funded jobs (PFJ) can be used to help hard-to-serve welfare recipients meet the work requirements imposed by the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. The document begins with a brief overview of available options for helping hard-to-serve welfare…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Disabilities, Eligibility
National Commission for Employment Policy (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1979
In its fifth annual report for 1979, the National Commission for Employment Policy recommended that the nation make a new commitment to improving the employment prospects of disadvantaged youth. In preparing its findings and recommendations on youth unemployment, the commission received information from the Youth Task Force; academic consultants;…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged
Vice President's Task Force on Youth Employment, Washington, DC. – 1980
This series of thirteen reports reviewing available information on the causes and dimensions of youth employment is designed to provide an information base for policy formation. (It constitutes the first of a three-volume compendium; other volumes deal with special needs and problems of youth employment policy and with program experience --see…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Demography, Economic Factors
Sherman, Susan W., Ed. – 1983
Unemployment among young people is a serious and persistent problem in this country. Unemployment rates are especially high among members of minority groups, for high school dropouts, and in economically depressed areas. Vocational education can help to alleviate the problem of unemployment, and a close link between schools and employers can help…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Articulation (Education), Disadvantaged Youth, Dropouts
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