Minority Unemployment, Labor Market Segmentation, and the Failure of Job-Training Policy in New York City.

Lafer, Gordon

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ERIC Number: EJ455285

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Publication Date: 1992

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Minority Unemployment, Labor Market Segmentation, and the Failure of Job-Training Policy in New York City.

Lafer, Gordon

Urban Affairs Quarterly, v28 n2 p206-35 Dec 1992

Argues that current job-training policy in New York City is based on a false premise. Poor education is a serious problem, but the most important failure, the one on which economic policy must focus, is the failure of employers to provide an adequate number of jobs at living wages. (SLD)

Descriptors: Educational Policy, Educational Quality, Employees, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns, Job Training, Labor Market, Labor Supply, Minority Groups, Racial Segregation, Supply and Demand, Underemployment, Unemployment, Urban Areas

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: New York (New York)

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