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The Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act of 1977; Authorization of Appropriations for CETA, and the President's Economic Stimulus Proposals; Hearings before the Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Ninety-Fifth Congress, First Session on H.R. 50 and H.R. 2992, Volume 1.
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1977
The proceedings from the 2 days of hearings before the Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities on the Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act of 1977, the authorizations and appropriations for the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA), and the President's economic stimulus proposals are presented in this report. All prepared…
Descriptors: Economic Change, Employment Opportunities, Employment Programs, Federal Aid
Economic Evaluation of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act: An Overview of Recent Findings and Advances in Evaluation Methods.
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Stromsdorfer, Ernst W. – Evaluation Review, 1987
Seven studies commissioned by the U.S. Department of Labor measuring the net market impacts of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act are reviewed. Their purpose was to generate informed debate on the efficacy of quasi-experimental designs and structural economic models to evaluate federally subsidized employment and training programs. (BS)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Employment Programs, Evaluation Methods, Job Training
Geographic Wage Indexing for CETA and Medicare.
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Greene, Richard – Monthly Labor Review, 1980
The tailoring of grants-in-aid to wage levels in the localities which receive them enjoys growing popularity among federal policymakers; two ongoing programs illustrate the flexibility of this technique. The article describes the procedures currently used to index the CETA and Medicare programs and their data source, the ES-202 system. (CT)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Federal Aid, Federal Programs, Grants
New Data Available for the National Longitudinal Surveys.
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Morgan, William R. – 1983
The National Longitudinal surveys (NLS) of Labor Market Behavior have been conducted by the Center for Human Resource Research at Ohio State University and supported by the Department of Labor since l966. In this paper, data from the fifth and newest NLS cohort, a national cohort of 12,686 youth who were aged 14-21 in 1979, are discussed.…
Descriptors: Academic Records, Aptitude Tests, Cohort Analysis, Data
A Pooled Time-Series Analysis of the Job-Creation Impact of Public Service Employment Grants to Large Cities.
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Adams, Charles F., Jr.; And Others – Journal of Human Resources, 1983
This study demonstrates that the Public Service Employment (PSE) program had a significant net job-creation impact in 1978 and 1979. The difference in the estimates for these two years and fiscal 1977 indicate a substantial effect from the changes in the program's design, including tighter eligibility criteria and requirement of a project approach…
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Employment Opportunities, Federal Programs, Job Development
First Annual Report to the President and the Congress of the National Commission for Manpower Policy: Toward a National Policy. Report No. 3.
National Commission for Manpower Policy, Washington, DC. – 1975
This first annual report of the National Commission for Manpower Policy addresses three subject areas. Addressed first are the dimensions of a national manpower policy. This discussion includes the examination of the principle areas in the work plan of the commission and an assessment of the manpower policy in the United States in the Fall of…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Economic Change, Economic Factors
Earnings Impact of Employment and Training Programs for Young Men.
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Iacobelli, John L.; Schultz, S. Ray – Growth and Change, 1979
Describes a study to determine the most effective of three postschool formal occupational training programs; what contributes the most to increasing the work earnings of male youths, especially those below poverty level; and whether training affects income. Notes implications for training programs and Comprehensive Employment and Training Act…
Descriptors: Educational Programs, Employment Opportunities, Employment Programs, Federal Aid
Manpower Report of the President; Including Reports by the U. S. Department of Labor and the U. S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Transmitted to the Congress April 1975.
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Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Washington, DC. – 1975
The 13th annual manpower report reviews economic trends, manpower program resources, and new legislative developments dealing with unemployment and recessionary trends. Chapter 1 discusses the major economic developments during the year and the impact of unemployment on the labor force. Chapter 2 explores the role of public sector jobs in reducing…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Economic Change, Employed Women, Employment
Directions for a National Manpower Policy: A Collection of Policy Papers Prepared for Three Regional Conferences. A Special Report of the National Commission for Manpower Policy. Special Report No. 14.
National Commission for Manpower Policy, Washington, DC. – 1976
The papers contained in this special report were written as background material for three conferences sponsored on behalf of the National Commission for Manpower Policy. (Information on the proceedings of the conferences can be found in a related document, ED 138 763.) The papers, by titles, included here are as follows: "Defining the…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Economic Change, Economic Development, Employment