Eleventh- and twelfth-grade students in California comprehensive high schools and Regional Occupational Centers/Programs spend about one million hours a day on vocational education. California students who took a concentrated sequence of high school vocational subjects during 1981 had a 26 percent unemployment rate in the spring of 1982, compared…

This report, the first of a six-part, intensive longitudinal study, examines the relationships between selected demographic, attitudinal, and educational characteristics of male youth in the United States and their labor market experience and occupational aspirations. The data are drawn from interviews conducted during October-December 1966, with…

Despite the fact that American society persistently separates home from workplace and extends adolescence, most American youth make the school-to-work transition with a minimum of pain and reasonable success. A substantial minority do not, however, and there is need to improve the transition process especially for those who have been economically…

With minor exceptions, the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) program is working well and is meeting its legislative mandates. The vigorous public-private partnerships that have emerged at the local community level and the strong leadership role assumed by private sector representatives on the State Job Training Coordinating Councils and Private…

The largest public community college in Michigan, Macomb Community College (MCC), is located in the county that is most closely tied to Michigan's automobile industry. Because of recent high unemployment in the automobile industry, MCC must now expand its occupational offerings to meet the needs of displaced workers who must either gain new skills…

An examination was made of what determined women's opportunities to participate in the United States labor force from 1940 to 1978. Using a model drawn from ecological and competition theory, the data examined suggest that the expansion of the economy, the relative proportion of women in the population, female tertiary education, and governmental…

The employment of graduates of all degree levels in Pennsylvania institutions of higher education was assessed in 1980, based on data for 48,162 graduates, or 54.3 percent of the graduates at all degree levels. Attention was directed to the proportions of graduates in each degree field and level: (1) employed in their fields of preparation, (2)…

About 2.7 of every 10 16- through 24-year-olds unemployed during March, 1979, were discharged from their last jobs. Regression analysis of data from the March, 1979, Current Population Survey revealed that 16- and 17 year-olds were more than twice as likely as 20- through 24-year-olds to have lost their last job; veterans were about 1.5 times as…

The British, like the Americans, are facing youth education and employment problems. Recent consideration of the content and standard of education, especially the obligations schools have in equipping pupils for adult life, has led to the suggestion that schools have a duty to meet industry's needs. Government should consider a national program…

THE YEAR'S PROGRESS, PROBLEMS OF UNEMPLOYMENT, AND STEPS FOR OVERCOMING THESE PROBLEMS ARE COVERED IN THIS PRESIDENTIAL REPORT. MAJOR DIVISIONS ARE REVIEW OF MANPOWER DEVELOPMENTS IN 1966, UNUSED MANPOWER, AND OCCUPATIONAL SHORTAGES AND TRAINING NEEDS. DURING 1966 THE NATION'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DROPPED BELOW 4 PERCENT, A 13-YEAR LOW. THE TOTAL…

EXAMINERS APPOINTED BY THE ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT (OECD) REPRESENTING THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR OFFICE, CANADA, AND SWEDEN, VISITED THE UNITED STATES IN JANUARY 1963 TO STUDY THE COUNTRY'S MANPOWER POLICY, AND PREPARE A LIST OF QUESTIONS TO BE ADDRESSED TO THE UNITED STATES AUTHORITIES. THE EXAMINERS' REPORT AND A…

At the time of the First Followup Survey of the members of the High School Class of 1972, approximately 18 months after graduation, sixty-five percent were unemployed, and eight percent were out of work. Forty-two percent were taking academic courses in a college or university. Graduates of the vocational high school curriculum were employed at…

A study, growing out of human capital theory, examined the economic consequences of dropping out of high school. Effect of schooling over time on labor market success (hourly pay rate, occupational prestige, and employment incidence and duration) was measured. Data on young men and women was obtained from the National Longitudinal Surveys of Labor…

The 13th annual manpower report reviews economic trends, manpower program resources, and new legislative developments dealing with unemployment and recessionary trends. Chapter 1 discusses the major economic developments during the year and the impact of unemployment on the labor force. Chapter 2 explores the role of public sector jobs in reducing…

Education is the main resource for obtaining employment for young people entering the labor market. European countries differ widely in the institutional structure of their education and training systems and labor markets in that different resources are provided to school-leavers entering into working life in different countries and these new…