Youth employment and training programs : the YEDPA years / Charles L. Betsey, Robinson Hollister, Jr., and Mary R. Papageorgiou, editors ; Committee on Youth Employment Programs, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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 Programs""""Occupational 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 Attrition""""OVERALL 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 Variables""""Postprogram 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 Females""""Nonwhite 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""

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