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Peer reviewedGreenberg, David; And Others – Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1994
Using a multilevel statistics framework, a study examined the role of multiple sites in evaluation of three programs: Greater Avenues to Independence (GAIN), Job Training Partnership Act, and Food Stamp Employment and Training. Although multisite evaluations have great potential, they are more difficult and expensive and have limited success in…
Descriptors: Employment Programs, Evaluation Methods, Federal Programs, Job Training
Peer reviewedBarth, Michael C. – Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1974
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Economic Research, Employment Programs, Federal Programs
Peer reviewedLewis, Morgan V.; Cohn, Elchanan – Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1973
A successful program must be able to offer participants the jobs which they consider superior to their presently available alternatives. (Editor)
Descriptors: Employment Programs, Failure, Federal Programs, Labor Force Development
Peer reviewedUllman, Joseph C.; Huber, George P. – Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1974
Local job banks, computer aided man-job matching systems, are the spearhead of the multiphased Federal program to improve the functioning of the labor market information system. As evaluated here, the program may eventually achieve this objective but the evidence concerning the first phase is not encouraging. (DS)
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Employment Programs, Employment Services, Federal Programs
Peer reviewedSimeral, Margaret H. – Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1978
Analysis of data from the 1971 Public Employment Program (PEP) showed that PEP job requirements still favored male workers and that, after the program, wage differentials reverted to pre-PEP levels. (MF)
Descriptors: Employed Women, Employment Programs, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Federal Programs
Peer reviewedBorus, Michael E. – Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1978
A study to find valid indicators of the long-run effects of Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 (CETA) manpower programs that would meet prime sponsors' needs for short-term feedback indicated that the proxies being used were not strongly correlated with success in CETA programs. (MF)
Descriptors: Correlation, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation, Job Training
Peer reviewedBishop, John H. – Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1979
The paper specifies mathematically the demand and supply functions for interacting factor markets to characterize the impact of alternative antipoverty programs. Wage subsidies were found to be the most transfer-efficient, implying that education and training is the most cost-effective means of aiding the low-skilled. (MF)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Economic Research, Employment Programs, Input Output Analysis
