Examines the extent to which labor market conditions influence all closure rates as well as the competitive closure rate in vocational rehabilitation. At the state level, a chi-square analysis revealed differential impacts of varying state unemployment rates on the competitive versus noncompetitive closure patterns in vocational rehabilitation.…

Reviews theoretical and empirical work in labor economics and the sociology of work relating to the segmentation of the labor market into a primary and a secondary sector and examines the implications for vocational rehabilitation. Transition into primary sector employment is explored as an important aspect of career development for individuals…

This article describes a demonstration project designed to assist in the upgrading of job skills among hardcore, inner-city, underemployed clients. The token economy procedure is described and its use in the present study is detailed. (Author)