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Direct linkHook, Jennifer L.; Courtney, Mark – Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago, 2010
In this issue brief, the authors explore how former foster youth in Illinois, Wisconsin, and Iowa are faring in the labor market and what explains the variability in employment outcomes for these youth. First, they describe trends in former foster youths' employment from age 17 to 24. Then, they consider how former foster youths' characteristics…
Descriptors: Labor Market, Young Adults, Evidence, Foster Care
McHugh, Richard; And Others – 1990
The objective of this study was to explore a new method of analyzing the performance of substate economies. Conventional analyses of economic diversity and growth are limited by their reliance on static measures of economic structure. Such measures do not capture the patterns of growth dynamics or structural change a region may be experiencing.…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Economic Progress, Economic Research, Employment Patterns
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Download full textBlanck, Peter David; Sandler, Leonard A.; Schmeling, James L.; Schartz, Helen A. – Iowa Law Review, 2000
Iowa's emerging workforce of entrepreneurs with disabilities and the design of Iowa's Entrepreneurs with Disabilities (EWD) program were examined in an exploratory study. The study focused on the following issues: organizational characteristics of the EWD program; the characteristics of EWD applicants and their motivations for choosing…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Career Choice, Disabilities, Educational Research
Friedman, Pamela – Issue Notes, 2000
The new emphasis on welfare reform, self-reliance, and individual accountability and the new time limits imposed by the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program have resulted in large numbers of people between the ages of 18 and 24 entering the work force. The three main career options for youth in transition from school to work are…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Career Education, Counseling Services, Drug Abuse
