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  • Youth Employment and Training Programs the YEDPA Years
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1 Summary, Conclusions, and Recommendations
  • THE NATURE OF THE YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROBLEM
  • LIMITATIONS OF THIS REVIEW
  • FINDINGS AND CO CONCLUSIONS ON PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION
  • National Office Management of Yedpa
  • Targeting, Recruiting, and Retaining Youths
  • Enrollment of Young Women
  • FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS ON PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS
  • Occupational Skills Training Programs
  • Occupational Skills Training Programs for Out-of-School Youths: The Job Corps
  • Other Occupational Skills Training ProgramsOccupational Skills Training Programs for In-School Youths
  • Labor Market Preparation Programs
  • Programs for Out-of-School Youths
  • Programs for In-School Youths
  • Temporary Jobs Programs
  • Programs for Out-of-School Youths
  • Programs for In-School Youths
  • Job Placement Programs
  • Benefit-Cost Estimates
  • FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS ON YEDPA RESEARCH
  • Comparison and Control Group Methodology
  • Measures of Implementation
  • Length of Follow-Up Period
  • Use of Subjective Measurements as Proxy Variables
  • Sample Undercoverage and AttritionOVERALL CONCLUSIONS: DID YEDPA ACHIEVE ITS GOALS?
  • Job Creation
  • Research and Demonstration
  • Developing the System
  • The Schools and School Dropouts
  • IMPLICATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
  • Youth Programs
  • Programs for Out-Of-School Youths
  • Basic Education
  • Occupational Skills Training
  • Financial Assistance
  • Programs for In-School Youths
  • Women in Youth Employment Programs
  • A General Research Strategy Under Jtpa
  • Research Methods
  • Random Assignment
  • Implementation Research
  • Use Of Subjective Measurements as Proxy VariablesPostprogram Follow-Up
  • Benefit-Cost Studies
  • The Job Training Longitudinal Survey Data Base
  • The General Conduct of Public Policy Research
  • Dilemmas Confronting the Employment and Training System
  • 2 Youth Employment and Unemployment
  • THE YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROBLEM: ITS NATURE AND DIMENSIONS
  • Unemployment Rates
  • Employment-To-Population Rates
  • Employment of In-School And Out-Of-School Youths
  • Labor Force Participation Rates and Summary of Employment Data
  • White Males
  • Nonwhite Males
  • White FemalesNonwhite Females
  • Hispanic Youths
  • Inactivity Rates
  • Entry, Turnover, and Unemployment
  • Wages and Earnings
  • CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROBLEMS
  • Factors Affecting the Demand for Labor
  • Macroeconomic Conditions
  • Industrial and Geographical Shifts in the Economy
  • Minimum Wage Laws and Other Government Interventions
  • Discrimination
  • Antidiscrimination Laws and Enforcement
  • Demand for Military Personnel
  • Factors Affecting the Supply of Labor
  • Demographic Trends
  • Enrollment in School