ERIC Number: ED001396
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1963-Jun-7
Pages: 21
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RETRAINING THE UNEMPLOYED--A PRELIMINARY SURVEY. (STATEMENT BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON MANPOWER, COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE, U.S. SENATE, JUNE 7, 1963).
SOMARS, GERALD G.
THE SURVEY, CONDUCTED IN WEST VIRGINIA, INVOLVED PEOPLE WHO COMPLETED A TRAINING COURSE UNDER THE AREA REDEVELOPMENT ACT, THOSE WHO DID NOT BEGIN OR DROPPED OUT OF TRAINING, THOSE WHO WERE DENIED TRAINING BECAUSE OF TEST RESULTS, AND THOSE WHO WERE WORKING INSTEAD OF BEING RETRAINED. THE OBJECTIVES OF RETRAINING WERE SHORT-RUN INCREASE IN EMPLOYMENT, LONG-RUN ECONOMIC GROWTH, AND THE IMPROVEMENT IN THE WELFARE AND GENERAL WELL-BEING OF THE TRAINEES AND SOCIETY.
Descriptors: Dropouts, Economic Progress, Employment Programs, Job Training, Labor Utilization, Selection, Surveys, Unemployment
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Identifiers - Location: West Virginia; Wisconsin
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