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Issue: 1998
National Job Corps Study: Characteristics of Youths Served by Job Corps
DescriptionThis report describes the characteristics of eligible Job Corps applicants and compares their characteristics with those of the broader national population of disadvantaged youths. To be eligible for the program, Job Corps applicants must satisfy 11 specific criteria designed to ensure that the youths enrolled need and can benefit from additional education and training, come from debilitating …
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Issue: 1998
National Job Corps Study: Methodological Appendixes on Sample Implementation and Baseline Interviewing
DescriptionThis report discusses methodological issues related to the implementation of random assignment and baseline interviewing for the National Job Corps Study. The appendixes are intended to complement the National Job Corps Study reports entitled (1) "Report on Study Implementation," (2) "Characteristics of Youths Served by Job Corps," and (3) "Eligible Applicants' Perspectives on Job Corps Outreach …
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Issue: 1998
National Job Corps Study: Eligible Applicants
DescriptionThis report describes eligible Job Corps applicants' sources of information about Job Corps, their program expectations, and their experiences with the program's outreach and admissions (OA) system, which seeks to recruit and screen disadvantaged youths who can benefit from Job Corps. Baseline interview data are used for the analysis. The report provides information that will help Job Corps …
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Issue: 1998
Technical Assistance Guide: Providing Educational Services in the Summer Youth Employment and Training Program
DescriptionThis Guide is one product of an evaluation of the educational component of the Summer Youth Employment and Training Program which is funded by DOL and being conducted jointly by Social Policy Research Associates (SPR) and Brandeis University's Center for Human Resources. In keeping with DOL's guidelines, we define educational services-and therefore the focus of the evaluation-as consisting of …
PopulationYouth
Research MethodologyTechnical Assistance
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Issue: 1998
Training and Employment Report of the Secretary of Labor: Covering the Period July 1995 - September 1996
DescriptionThis edition of the annual Secretary of Labor's report on the activities of Employment and Training Administration (ETA) covers the period July 1993 through September 1995. The report begins with a message from the Secretary of Labor about the Department of Labor's workforce investment agenda for the 1990s. This is followed by Employment and Training Administration administered program …
Research MethodologyLiterature Review
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Issue: 1997-3
Evaluation of Short-Time Compensation Programs
DescriptionShort-time compensation (STC) is an option within the unemployment insurance system that allows employers to reduce the hours of workers, while permitting workers to receive compensation for their partial layoff. This report examines the operations of short-time compensation programs, and is based on research conducted by Berkeley Planning Associates and Mathematica Policy Research under contract …
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Issue: 1997-2
Unemployment Insurance, Welfare and Federal - State Fiscal Interrelations: Final Report
DescriptionThis report examines the hypothesis that unemployment insurance (UI) claimants have been shifted from the UI program to federally-financed welfare programs in order to reduce the costs of state-financed UI benefits. The cost shifting hypothesis that motivated this study asserts that a part of UI costs has been shifted to welfare programs through reduced availability of UI benefits. The driving …
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Issue: 1997-1
Employee Leasing: Implications for State Unemployment Insurance Programs: Final Report
DescriptionThis report presents the results of an exploratory study of the employee leasing industry. It begins with a description of the employee leasing industry, its size and characteristics. It then presents the results of a survey of State Unemployment Insurance (UI) tax administrators on their experience with the industry and their response in terms of administrative handling of leasing companies and …
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Issue: 1997
Evaluation of Workers Profiling and Reemployment Services Systems
DescriptionThis report provides Congress and the Department of Labor with the required feedback about the implementation and operations of the Worker Profiling and Redeployment System (WPRS) nationwide and the effectiveness of such systems in six early implementation States. This report is based on data from two primary sources: a survey of all State administrators about the implementation and operations of …
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Issue: 1997
A Positive Force: The First Two Years of Youth Fair Chance
DescriptionThe Youth Fair Chance (YFC) program, started in 1994. The program supports efforts in 16 urban and rural areas to help young people ages 14 to 30 finish high school, get better jobs, and address personal and family problems that are obstacles to success (a 17th site was added later). The program, funded by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), provides youths with education, employment preparation …