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Manpower and its Education and Training.
Horowitz, Morris; And Others – 1968
This section of the Proceedings of the 20th Annual Winter Meeting of the Industrial Relations Research Association consists of three papers on aspects of manpower education. A Boston study on training of tool and die makers sought to ascertain which of several identifiable training paths was most productive in terms of worker performance. It found…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cost Effectiveness, Disadvantaged, Federal Programs
An Historical and Cost Analysis of Manpower Development and Training Act Programs in the Washoe County (Reno) School District.
Flores, Froilan – 1968
This study dealt with the historical development of the Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962 and the cost of administering the program in three bookkeeping classes in the Washoe County School District, Nevada. Results of a questionnaire completed by 39 class graduates (1962-65) were combined with information from the Washoe County School…
Descriptors: Adult Dropouts, Age Differences, Bookkeeping, Doctoral Dissertations
Psychological Needs and Vocational Maturity of Manpower Trainees.
Bartlett, Willis Edward – 1967
A study was made of the psychological needs and vocational maturity of 158 trainees enrolled in nine skill areas (general office clerk, electrical appliance repair, welder, cook, baker, food service, service station mechanic, sewing machine operator, clerk typist) in a Manpower Development and Training Act center. Trainees were given the…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Analysis of Variance, Attitudes, Career Choice
Who Benefits? The Impact of Alternative Eligibility Requirements for Training Stipends in the Reemployment Act of 1994. Research Report 94-01.
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National Commission for Employment Policy (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1994
A study used a special supplement of the Current Population Survey to examine the age, race, gender, and income effects of the unemployment eligibility and job tenure provisions in the Reemployment Act of 1994 (REA). Findings indicated that, at most, 45 percent of all dislocated workers would be eligible for income support during training. Because…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Age Differences, Cost Effectiveness, Demography
The National JTPA Study. Title II-A Impacts on Earnings and Employment at 18 Months.
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Bloom, Howard S.; And Others – 1993
Interim estimates were made of program impacts on earnings and employment of adults and out-of-school youths during the first 18 months after their acceptance into employment and training programs funded under Title IIA of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). In the national study, 20,601 JTPA applicants in 16 service delivery areas were…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Employment, Employment Patterns
Detailed Findings of Study to Determine Effects of CAP Programs on Selected Communities and their Low-Income Residents, Prepared for Office of Economic Opportunity.
White, Arthur – 1967
Families that participate in CAP programs express keen desires to make more money, to get a better education for their children, to keep their children out of trouble, to make the available money go farther, to get more training and better jobs, to get better medical care, and to have more attractive homes. This is especially true of the large…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Age Differences, Attitudes, Blacks