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Pastore, Francesco – Studies in Higher Education, 2019
This essay provides a comprehensive interpretative framework to understand the reasons why the school-to-work transition is so slow in Italy, a typical example of the South European regime, where the educational system is rigid and sequential (education before work experience), the labor market has become more flexible through two-tier labor…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Transitional Programs, Foreign Countries, Program Implementation
Giloth, Bob; Gewirtz, Susan – 1999
Annie E. Casey Jobs Initiative sites recognize the challenge that long-term retention poses in today's labor market for low-income residents. They have developed key elements of an operational definition of retention, including the following: no limitation to one job, but only very limited gaps between jobs; and jobs in construction or other…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Demonstration Programs, Employment, Employment Experience
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Accounting and Information Management Div. – 1994
A study examined states' development of automated systems for the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) program administered by the states, with the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) responsible for program oversight and direction. Results indicated that ACF had not provided direction and focus in its systems development guidance…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Employment Programs, Employment Services, Federal Programs
Perspective: Essays and Reviews of Issues in Employment Security and Employment and Training Programs, 1985
This issue of an annual journal contains 18 essays on unemployment insurance (UI) and employment and training programs. Part 1, "Historical Perspective," contains the following papers: "Reflections on Wisconsin and Unemployment Insurance" (Wilbur J. Cohen); "Outstanding Ideas Form UI's Foundation" (Richard Wagner); "One State's Experience: 1939"…
Descriptors: Adults, Employment Practices, Employment Programs, Employment Services
Beleckiene, Giedre; Zimina, Natalija; Corcoran, Terry; McKerracher, Moira; Faudel, Henrik – 2002
Lithuania experienced strong negative changes to gross domestic product (GDP) after independence, but the trend has reversed since 1994. Labor force participation and employment rates for 15-64 year-olds has decreased; the unemployment rate is 17 percent. Employment has increased in the services sector but decreased in agriculture, which accounts…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Continuing Education, Education Work Relationship, Educational Attainment
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and the Workforce. – 2002
This report presents the testimony and submissions presented at the first of a series of Congressional hearings on workforce development and reauthorization of the Workforce Investment Act. Statements were given by the following individuals: (1) Buck McKeon, U.S. (United States) Congressman from California; (2) John Tierney, U.S. Congressman from…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, At Risk Persons
SRI International, Menlo Park, CA. – 1992
The design and operations of the Economic Dislocation and Worker Adjustment Assistance (EDWAA) Act program in its implementation year were examined through case studies conducted in 15 states and 30 substate areas. During 6- to 8-day visits to each state, field researchers conducted discussions with state and substate respondents. States almost…
Descriptors: Accountability, Agency Cooperation, Case Studies, Coordination