Indicates that the program has been somewhat successful as an emergency measure to fight rising unemployment. (BH)

The jobless rates of participants in the federal food stamps program and in the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program greatly exceeded national averages in 1976; the majority of recipients were outside of the labor force. (BM)

Programs have had little effect on the unemployment rate, but most enrollees have been out of the labor force, rather than unemployed. (BH)

Efforts in Great Britain to change from the historic apprenticeship system and the levy-grant system as manpower training sources to (1) industrial internal training programs and (2) stipends to all British citizens 19 years of age and over for training program participation are reported. Implications for the US are drawn. (AG)

Analyzes the hiring practices of a sample of employers participating in the Work Incentive Program. (BH)

A Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) economist describes two BLS program surveys measuring working hours data and economic trends: the Current Employment Statistics Survey (from payroll surveys) and the Current Population Survey (from household surveys). From different data, both series indicate very similar economic forces. (MF)

The article presents an analysis of the success of training programs based on examination of longitudinal data on one cohort of trainees who participated in classroom training under the Manpower Development and Training Act. (MW)

The tailoring of grants-in-aid to wage levels in the localities which receive them enjoys growing popularity among federal policymakers; two ongoing programs illustrate the flexibility of this technique. The article describes the procedures currently used to index the CETA and Medicare programs and their data source, the ES-202 system. (CT)

Most of the evaluations of institutional training under the Manpower Development and Training Act are highly favorable. Negative criticisms, however, emphasize the uncertainties in these studies and displacement effects of the programs. The article answers these criticisms. (MW)