ERIC Number: ED176115
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1978
Pages: 397
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Conference Report on Youth Unemployment: Its Measurements and Meaning.
Employment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC.
Thirteen papers presented at a conference on employment statistics and youth are contained in this report. Reviewed are the problems of gathering, interpreting, and applying employment and unemployment data relating to youth. The titles of the papers are as follow: "Counting Youth: A Comparison of Youth Labor Force Statistics in the Current Population Survey and the National Longitudinal Surveys"; "The Volatility of the Teenage Labor Market: Labor Force Entry, Exit, and Unemployment Flows"; "The Transition from School to Work with Job Search Implications"; "The Establishment of Stable and Successful Employment Careers: The Role of Work Attitudes and Labor Market Knowledge"; "Economic and Sociocultural Variables Affecting Rates of Youth Unemployment, Delinquency, and Crime";"Racial Differentials in Male Youth Unemployment"; "The Effects of Child Labor Laws on Youth Unemployment"; "Youth Labor Markets and the Military"; "Direct Effects of Employment and Training Programs on Employment and Unemployment: New Estimates and Implications for Employment Policy"; "Social Development and Employment: An Evaluation of the Oakland Youth Experience Program"; "Control Group Selection"; "Methods of Allocating Funds to Alleviate Teenage Unemployment Problems"; and "Lowering Youth Unemployment: How Much and What Cost?" (JH)
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Economic Factors, Employment Patterns, Employment Problems, Employment Programs, Employment Statistics, Government Role, Job Training, Labor Market, Measurement Techniques, Military Service, Racial Differences, Research Reports, Resource Allocation, Social Influences, Unemployment, Work Attitudes, Work Experience Programs, Youth Employment
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Publication Type: Collected Works - Proceedings; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Employment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC.
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