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Download full textBowen, William G., Ed.; Harbison, Frederick H., Ed. – 1965
The papers in this volume deal with the causes, cures, and magnitude of unemployment. Musgrave, Killingsworth, and Okun discuss the opposing structuralist and deficient demand theories of unemployment. Garth Mangum, Curtis Allen, William Caples and Alice Rivlin offer their experience concerning the role of government and industry in curing…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Black Employment, Disadvantaged, Federal Programs
Office of Economic Opportunity, Washington, DC. – 1969
This pamphlet provides information to help communities in analyzing their needs, assessing available resources, and developing an effective manpower program to combat poverty problems which include high unemployment, inadequate education, poor health, and dilapidated housing. The report describes the necessary steps to be made for comprehensive…
Descriptors: Abbreviations, Check Lists, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment
Lecht, Leonard A.; And Others – 1974
This study was undertaken to develop a model early warning system which could anticipate job openings generated in local communities by large Federal procurement contracts. Among the major findings from the cases studied: (1) projections of job openings were possible in all contracts considered, by the use of estimating techniques which are…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Employment Opportunities
Spring, William – Thrust: The Journal for Employment and Training Professionals, 1979
Compares federal job creation efforts of the 1970s to the Work Project Administration (WPA) program in the 1930s. Traces the development of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) and stresses the need to unite public and private resources to achieve both balanced economic growth and full employment. (SK)
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Programs, Federal Aid
Cantor, Jeffrey A. – 1991
A study examined the relationship between job training delivery systems and local economic development to determine what kinds of organizational relationships work best to promote coordination. The 6 sites selected from over 80 nominations were chosen because they linked job training with economic development efforts; produced sustained, positive…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Coordination, Delivery Systems
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1987
The Guaranteed Job Opportunity Act would make major changes in federal policy on the unemployed. The bill would allow hard core unemployed persons to work on government projects until they find a job in the private sector. The participants would work four days per week for minimum wages or 10% more than welfare or 10% more than unemployment…
Descriptors: American Indians, Employed Parents, Employment Problems, Employment Programs
Fleming, Patricia, Ed.; Suniewick, Nancy, Ed. – 1970
Included in these bulletins are descriptive analyses of various New Careers Training programs, issues related to Civil Service requirements, health, training models, rehabilitation, veterans' problems, and colleges as user agencies. Outlined are various steps for developing new careers jobs and for giving technical assistance. Solutions carried…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Bulletins, Career Development, Community Programs
Ginzberg, Eli, Ed. – 1976
Written under a contract with the National Commission for Manpower Policy, this book contains eight chapters (each by a separate author) intended to aid in charting a national employment strategy and assessing the goal of full employment. Three main themes that pervade the book are (1) the responsibility of the federal government to create jobs,…
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Economic Research, Employment, Employment Opportunities
Nilsen, Sigurd R. – 2001
A study identified United States Department of Labor efforts to expand apprenticeship to new occupations and explained impediments to establishing apprenticeship programs in fields not traditionally apprenticed (e.g., high technology and biotechnology). Labor had not systematically identified new occupations suitable for apprenticeship programs…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Education Work Relationship
