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Levitan, Sar A.; Gallo, Frank – 1991
This paper explores the role of public jobs programs in the U.S. economy from the 1930s to the present. It postulates that jobs programs are necessary because they serve four separate but overlapping needs: alleviating joblessness, hardship, and poverty; helping the economy emerge from recession; providing jobs to able-bodied welfare recipients;…
Descriptors: Adults, Cost Effectiveness, Disadvantaged Youth, Economic Development
