Summaries are presented, by state, of labor standards legislation passed during 1984. Significant actions included laws concerning wages, child labor, school attendance, occupational safety and health, working hours, equal employment opportunity, worker privacy, labor relations, private employment agencies, employment and training, plant closings,…

A worker's education and an appropriate job requiring education or training are significant determinants of earnings. Qualifying training and training taken to improve skills play different roles in the workplace, but both contribute to greater earnings. (Author)

Examines the comparative labor market experience of youth in the United States and eight other developed countries from 1960-1979, focusing upon unemployment levels and rates. Finds that the situation worsened in industrialized nations after the 1974-75 recession and that Japanese and German youth continue to have the most favorable job prospects.…

The article presents an analysis of the success of training programs based on examination of longitudinal data on one cohort of trainees who participated in classroom training under the Manpower Development and Training Act. (MW)

The tailoring of grants-in-aid to wage levels in the localities which receive them enjoys growing popularity among federal policymakers; two ongoing programs illustrate the flexibility of this technique. The article describes the procedures currently used to index the CETA and Medicare programs and their data source, the ES-202 system. (CT)

Factors contributing to the low average earnings of workers in the southern states include interregional differences in urbanization, and differences in the racial composition, training, and union status of the work force. (CT)

Presents a summary, by state jurisdiction, of labor legislation during 1985. Legislation covered such topics as wages, equal employment opportunity, background clearance, occupational safety and health, employment and training, child labor, industrial homework, hours, agriculture, labor relations, plant closings, worker privacy, private employment…