Although youth employment programs operate on the premise that training will produce economic returns in the form of higher employment probabilities, better jobs, and higher wages, the efficacy of these programs has sometimes been in doubt. To determine if and how these programs produce youths who can find and keep a job, 3-year follow-up data…

DURING THE PERIOD AUGUST 1962-MAY 1965, ABOUT 65,000 PERSONS RECEIVED TRAINING IN SERVICE AND RELATED OCCUPATIONS UNDER THE MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING ACT (MDTA). MOST PREPARED FOR SPECIFIC OCCUPATIONS, ALTHOUGH MANY OTHERS RECEIVED TESTING, COUNSELING, LITERACY TRAINING, AND OTHER SERVICES THROUGH MULTI-OCCUPATIONAL PROJECTS. OVER HALF THE…