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Direct linkDavid Gray; Louis-Philippe Morin – Education Economics, 2025
We analyze the characteristics and outcomes of a Canadian foundational learning program's dropouts and compare them with those of the completers. We find significant heterogeneity within dropouts along two dimensions: when they drop out and why. Individuals whose characteristics have been historically associated with greater labour market…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Career and Technical Education, Job Skills, Employment Potential
Download full textClara Delavallade; Manil Zenaki; Léa Rouanet; Estelle Koussoubé – World Bank, 2024
Education and skills are two key determinants of earning potential, with sector specialization significantly influencing earnings. This study examines the drivers behind training choices in two high-paying sectors: information and communications technology (ICT) and energy. Drawing on data from 2,528 individuals seeking vocational training in Côte…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Career and Technical Education, Decision Making, Information Technology
Fries, Jan; Göbel, Christian; Maier, Michael F. – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2014
We evaluate the effect of the Apprenticeship Bonus, an employment subsidy programme, on early apprenticeship dropout. Eligibility for the programme is restricted to school leavers who have actively looked for an apprenticeship to start immediately after leaving school, but were unsuccessful in finding one. Our analysis is based on rich survey data…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Apprenticeships, Surveys, Employment Programs
Wurzburg, Gregory – Thrust: The Journal for Employment and Training Professionals, 1980
Discusses how the Youth Employment and Demonstrations Project Act (YEDPA) communicates with local school systems. The dropout issue has been one point of conflict. CETA agencies tend to blame the school systems, and school administrators argue that CETA is a way by which people who have left the system can return. (CT)
Descriptors: Community Programs, Dropouts, Employment Programs, School Districts
SOMARS, GERALD G. – 1963
THE SURVEY, CONDUCTED IN WEST VIRGINIA, INVOLVED PEOPLE WHO COMPLETED A TRAINING COURSE UNDER THE AREA REDEVELOPMENT ACT, THOSE WHO DID NOT BEGIN OR DROPPED OUT OF TRAINING, THOSE WHO WERE DENIED TRAINING BECAUSE OF TEST RESULTS, AND THOSE WHO WERE WORKING INSTEAD OF BEING RETRAINED. THE OBJECTIVES OF RETRAINING WERE SHORT-RUN INCREASE IN…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Economic Progress, Employment Programs, Job Training
Merton, Bryan – Adults Learning (England), 1998
Although British government initiatives are focusing on education and training for young adults, many have become disaffected and need to be persuaded that investment of time and money will pay off. A variety of motivational incentives designed to bring some stability to their lives is necessary to make them lifelong learners. (SK)
Descriptors: Dropouts, Educational Attitudes, Employment Programs, Foreign Countries
Dickinson, William W. – Welfare in Review, 1972
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Dropouts, Employment Programs, Federal Programs
Croxall, Allen – 1988
Across Canada almost 40 percent of youth drop out and do not finish high school. Young people feel they can drop out of school and find a job tomorrow that will pay them enough so they can continue the lifestyle to which they are accustomed. However, unemployment rates for individuals between the ages of 15 and 24 are high. There are people who…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropouts, Employment Programs
Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1968
Youth Opportunity Centers (YOC's) sponsored a Testing, Informing, Discussing, and Evaluating (TIDE) program for youth in the summers of 1966 and 1967. This report provides data primarily on the second phase of TIDE which was operated from July to December of 1967 at 29 youth centers in 22 states. In this second part of the program, 1,031 youth…
Descriptors: Community Centers, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropouts, Employment Programs
Department of Labor, Washington, DC. Office of Strategic Planning and Policy Development. – 1988
A study examined the characteristics and experiences of school dropouts who participated in training programs authorized under Title IIA of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). The data were obtained through the quick-turnaround portion of the Job Training Quarterly Survey (JTQS) and were extracted from service delivery area administration…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Demography, Dropouts
Brandsma, Jittie – Vocational Training: European Journal, 2002
A new Dutch training program prepares school dropouts as assistants, enabling them to work at low-skilled jobs and prepare for continued study. Regional training centers are still seeking workable instructional models for the program. Greater emphasis should be placed on the relationship between this initial training and future training. (Contains…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Education Work Relationship, Employment Programs, Foreign Countries
Wasil, Raymond A. – American Vocational Journal, 1972
How vocational educators can help turn the dropout toward becoming a producer rather than a dependent on society. (Author/MU)
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Dropouts, Employment Counselors, Employment Interviews
Peer reviewedPena, Jesus J.; And Others – Urban Review, 1979
Describes the Youth Opportunity Program at the Central Islip, New York, Psychiatric Center and evaluates its effectiveness in preventing school dropout and providing career training. (ST)
Descriptors: Career Education, Dropout Prevention, Dropouts, Employment Programs
Sviridoff, Mitchell – 1977
In this report a program of supported work developed by the Employment and Training Administration of the Department of Labor and the Ford Foundation is discussed. Supported work is designed for the disadvantaged, people who face barriers in seeking and holding regular jobs. A pilot program for former drug addicts was begun in 1972 by the Vera…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Criminals, Dependents, Disadvantaged
Peer reviewedThomas, Gail E.; Scott, Will B. – Youth and Society, 1979
Reviews economic and sociological theories that identify structural and personal factors associatied with unemployment. Suggests a policy approach for dealing with the problem, hypothesizing that effective social network systems and sponsorship groups are needed to help presently unemployed youth gain entry and acceptance into the labor market.…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Apprenticeships, Black Youth, Disadvantaged Youth
