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What Matters More: The Job Training Program or the Background of the Participant? An HLM Analysis of the Influence of Program and Client Characteristics on the Wages of Inner-City Youth Who Have Completed JTPA Job Training.

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Lundgren, Lena; Rankin, Bruce – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1998

This study examined the extent to which wages received by graduates of the Chicago Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) youth programs are more closely correlated with the program in which the client participated or the client's personal history. Results found that program type was a particularly critical factor for the wages of African American…

Descriptors: Background, Blacks, Income, Individual Characteristics

Midlife Women Speak Out: Assessing Job Training and The Status of Working Women: A Statistical Profile of Midlife Women Aged 35-54.

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Women's Bureau (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1993

The Department of Labor Women's Bureau held 20 roundtable discussions and 4 public hearings in 1991 and 1992 to assess the success of government training and job assistance programs in meeting the needs of midlife women. During the discussions and hearings, more than 500 women between the ages of 35 and 54 shared their personal experiences, and…

Descriptors: Adults (30 to 45), Employed Women, Employment Problems, Employment Services

Training Older Persons for Employment. The Job Training Partnership Act.

Institute of Lifetime Learning, Washington, DC. – 1983

This booklet is designed to help organizations and individuals who are developing new training programs to become familiar with the provisions of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) that apply to persons over the age of 55. In addition, the characteristics, abilities, and special training and employment needs of older adults are outlined. The…

Descriptors: Adult Education, Cooperative Programs, Educational Cooperation, Educational Legislation