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Peer reviewedBloom, Howard S. – Evaluation Review, 1987
This article presents lessons learned from an innovative employment and training program for dislocated workers. It provides specific information about program design and serves as a prototype for how social experimentation can be used by state and local governments. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Adults, Dislocated Workers, Employment Practices, Program Evaluation
Peer reviewedMcGuffog, Ingrid D.; Western, John S. – Evaluation Review, 1995
A social impact study in Queensland (Australia) was conducted to determine how structural adjustment packages mitigate the negative outcomes that can result from worker redundancy. The cessation of logging resulted in job layoffs that the government addressed with a Worker's Special Adjustment Package. (SLD)
Descriptors: Dislocated Workers, Evaluation Methods, Financial Support, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedZippay, Allison – Evaluation Review, 1991
The reemployment, retraining, and relocation experiences of a random sample (n=112) of displaced steelworkers (97 percent males, 85 percent whites, and 14 percent Blacks) from a small metropolitan community in western Pennsylvania were studied using a cross-sectional survey research design. Respondents actively pursued retraining and employment in…
Descriptors: Adults, Cross Sectional Studies, Dislocated Workers, Income
