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Payne, Jonathan – Jobs for the Future, 2020
An underdeveloped talent supply pipeline has resulted in a skills gap and a skilled labor shortage in the manufacturing sector across the United States. This is potentially the result of a lack of diversity in educational opportunity offered to students, an emphasis on college enrollment rates as a high school performance metric, and the…
Descriptors: Manufacturing Industry, Apprenticeships, Outcomes of Education, Labor Force Development
Darcy, Robert L. – 1968
Without attempting to be comprehensive, this bibliography lists over 150 government documents, private publications, and journal articles on manpower and human resources, selected as representative works in the interdisciplinary field of human resources. Areas covered include: (1) general works, (2) investment in human capital, (3)…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Cost Effectiveness, Economic Progress, Human Capital

Bowman, Mary J. – Economics of Education Review, 1987
Proves that the same single-period structure in relationships among schooling, experience, and earnings can have sharply contrasting meanings for life cycle patterns. Returns on investment in human resources, productivity, and higher education depend on the static or dynamic nature of society, not on the society's wealth or poverty. Includes three…
Descriptors: Cohort Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Economic Factors, Educational Economics

Paulsen, Michael B. – Thought & Action, 1996
Four kinds of evidence demonstrating substantial social benefits resulting from public expenditures on higher education are discussed: (1) social rates of return; (2) nonmonetary benefits; (3) local economic activity; and (4) national economic growth. A recent study of the effect of investment in higher education on workforce productivity is…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Economic Development, Economic Impact, Federal Aid
Hunter, John M.; And Others – 1974
One in the series described in SO 008 058, this team report is a discussion in two parts of the economics of nonformal education. Part 1 deals with the national allocation of resources to the educational processes. Gathering reliable empirical data on cost-benefit and/or rates of return for allocation decisions is a critical problem. Despite this…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Developing Nations, Educational Assessment, Educational Economics
Hardin, Einar; Borus, Michael E. – 1969
The study of the economic benefits and costs of training courses in Michigan was intended as an evaluation of the impact of the federal training program on the national product, the disposable income of trainees, and the expenditures and receipts of the government. It was confined to the institutional, occupationally oriented courses conducted…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Educational Benefits, Expenditures, Federal Government
Brown, Bettina Lankard – 2001
Changes in the economy and declining profit margins are prompting many businesses to question the value of their training investments. Companies that had been operating under the assumption that they were reaping positive benefits from their training efforts are asking their human resource managers to provide proof that their training programs are…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Corporate Education, Cost Effectiveness, Education Work Relationship

Ohio State Bureau of Employment Services, Columbus. – 1992
The growing gap between the skill requirements of jobs and workers' capabilities, the slow growth of the U.S. work force, and the demands of a global economy will reshape the work force in Ohio. To meet these challenges, the Governor's Human Resources Advisory Council proposes as its mission the achievement and maintenance of a high performance…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Cost Effectiveness, Economic Development, Educational Economics
1999
These four papers are from a symposium on evaluating the impact of human resource development (HRD). "Pre-Job Training and the Earnings of High-Tech Employees in Taiwan" (Tung-Chun Huang) reports on a study that concludes that public training programs have no impact on participants' earnings in later jobs, but participation in private…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cost Effectiveness, Education Work Relationship, Foreign Countries
Dolan, Robert C.; And Others – 1984
This report discusses diverse economic issues involved in educational reforms aimed at improving economic growth. The focus is on elementary and secondary education in the southeastern United States. After a general overview of the economics of educational reform, section I discusses the issues involved in modeling and estimating the linkages…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Economic Factors, Economic Progress, Economics Education
BCEL Newsletter for the Business & Literacy Communities, 1990
There are more than 4 million small businesses across the country that provide more than half of private sector employment, generate 47 percent of the gross national product, and generate two out of every three new jobs in the United States. Because small businesses provide the majority of new workers with their first work experience, they are at…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Corporate Education, Cost Effectiveness
Jorgenson, Dale W. – 1981
A study analyzed the contributions of education to U.S. economic growth during the years 1948 to 1973. By allocating the growth of the quality of labor input among the contributions of changes in the composition of the labor force by sex, age, education, employment status, and occupation, researchers were able to separate the contribution of…
Descriptors: Capital, Cost Effectiveness, Demography, Economic Development
Baldwin, Stephen E. – 1987
Elements of the "American dream" are adequate housing, education for one's children, and a secure retirement. Economic growth has long been seen as a way to realize the dream. Recent data indicate that achieving the dream and succeeding in the labor market have become more difficult due to sluggish productivity growth, increased competition from…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Continuing Education, Cost Effectiveness, Dislocated Workers
Department of Labor, Washington, DC. – 1969
The seventh annual manpower report is presented in three parts: The Employment Record, Manpower Policy and Programs, and Manpower Research and Experimentation. Discussion of the employment record addresses employment developments and their economic background, patterns of employment growth, unemployment and underemployment, developments in the…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Cost Effectiveness, Demonstration Programs
Plastrik, Peter – 2001
Changes in the labor market and rising expectations of employers, government, and job seekers are putting enormous pressure on non-profit, community based organizations (CBOs) in the field of work force development. Providing intensive services for hard-to-serve populations costs more than serving clients who are more "job ready," yet increased…
Descriptors: Adult Education, At Risk Persons, Community Organizations, Cooperative Programs
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