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Download full textBehrens, Martina; And Others – 1992
A research project studied 4 selected matched samples of 160 youths each, aged 16-19 years, from 2 towns in England and 2 in Germany in order to compare the youths' experience of job training and the school-to-work transition. Two expanding towns--Swindon, England, and Paderborn, Germany--were paired, as were Liverpool and Bremen. Whereas…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Comparative Analysis, Developed Nations, Economics
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). – 1982
This report consists of an analysis of labor market conditions in Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) member countries and an exploration of possible future policy responses to the problems of unemployment. Covered in the labor market analysis are the following topics: the macro-economic environment (macro-economic trends…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Demography, Economic Factors, Economics
Employment and Training Administration (DOL), Boston, MA. Boston Regional Office. – 1992
This paper briefly examines three publications that lay out strategies for U.S. economic competitiveness in the future: the U.S. Department of Education's report "America 2000: An Education Strategy," in response to the President's message of April 1991; the report of the Secretary of Labor's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Economic Development, Economics, Educational Improvement
PDF pending restorationBureau of Labor Statistics (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1978
Focusing on lawyers, city managers, and social science occupations, this document is one in a series of forty-one reprints from the Occupational Outlook Handbook providing current information and employment projections for individual occupations and industries through 1985. The specific occupations covered in this document include city managers,…
Descriptors: Anthropology, City Government, Economics, Employment Opportunities
Feldman, Marvin – 1981
We are witnessing an historic shift in our approach to employment policy that will have profound implications for vocational educators. This shift is most recognizable in the waning influence of demand-side economics and the ascendence of supply-side economics. Recent indications are that public policy is no longer firmly committed to maintaining…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Business Education, Economic Change, Economic Climate
Bolin, Rick, Ed.; Green, Lori, Ed. – 1989
Selected titles from a conference on building a quality workforce are as follows: "Action Packed 'Practical Education Now'" (Walters); "Adjusting to Transitions" (Schall, Dluzak); "Adult Literacy" (Nichols); "Aging Workforce" (Stowell et al.); "Artificial Intelligence and Human Performance…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Artificial Intelligence, Dislocated Workers, Economics
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and the Workforce. – 2002
This Congressional report contains the testimony and documents presented for the record at the second of two hearings on the effects of welfare reform and the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant. Other areas receiving particular attention from witnesses included the impacts of education and training on employment patterns…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Block Grants, Economics, Education Work Relationship
