Youth employment and training programs : the YEDPA years

1 Front Matter 2 1 Summary, Conclusions, and Recommendations 3 2 Youth Employment and Unemployment 4 3 Implementation of the Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act 5 4 Procedures Used in Evaluating the Effectiveness of YEDPA Programs 6 5 Effectiveness of Occupational Skills Training Programs 7 6 Effectiveness of Labor Market Preparation Programs 8 7 Effectiveness of Temporary Jobs Programs 9 8 Effectiveness of Job Placement Programs 10 9 Evidence of Programs Effectiveness From National Data Bases 11 References 12 Appendix A: Standardized Data Collection for Large-Scale Program Evaluation: An Assessment of the YEDPA-SAS Experience 13 Appendix B: Report List 14 Appendix C: Implications of the Youth Employment Experience for Improving Applied Research and Evaluation Policy 15 Appendix D: Estimates of Effects of Employment and Training Programs Derived from National Longitudinal Surveys and Continuous Longitudinal Manpower Survey 16 Commissioned Papers Knowledge Development Under the Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act, 1977-1981 17 Social Context of Youth Employment Programs 18 Youth Joblessness and Race: Evidence from the 1980 Census 19 Hispanic Youth in the Labor Market: An analysis of High School and Beyond 20 The Participation of Young Women in Employment and Training Programs 21 Index