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Measurement and Analysis of Work Training
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Wirtz, Willard; Goldstein, Harold – Monthly Labor Review, 1975
Descriptors: Information Needs, Job Training, Labor Force Development, Measurement
Start-up Training and Rural Industrial Location
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Van Cleve, Roy; Marshall Ray – Monthly Labor Review, 1976
Excerpts from a study are presented in which the following were examined: (1) the start-up industry training programs of South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, and Alabama; (2) their effect on industrial relocation trends; and (3) leapfrogging of the unemployed and underemployed into the labor force, particularly in rural areas. (Author/BP)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Economic Research, Employment Opportunities, Industrial Training
Manpower Evaluations: Vulnerable but Useful
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Killingsworth, Charles C. – Monthly Labor Review, 1975
Most of the evaluations of institutional training under the Manpower Development and Training Act are highly favorable. Negative criticisms, however, emphasize the uncertainties in these studies and displacement effects of the programs. The article answers these criticisms. (MW)
Descriptors: Career Development, Cost Effectiveness, Federal Programs, Job Training