Minority Employment Opportunities, 1980-85: Hearings Before the Joint Economic Committee, Congress of the United States, Ninety-sixth Congress, First Session, October 9 and 18, 1979U.S. Government Printing Office, 1980 - 126 pages |
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... earnings prospects of disadvantaged youth ; ( b ) that the differ- ential employment prospects of minority groups and other youth are greatly narrowed ; and ( c ) that overall youth joblessness declines substantially . This group also ...
... earnings prospects of disadvantaged youth ; ( b ) that the differ- ential employment prospects of minority groups and other youth are greatly narrowed ; and ( c ) that overall youth joblessness declines substantially . This group also ...
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... earnings prospects of disadvantaged youth , ( b ) the differential employ- ment prospects of minority groups and other youth are greatly narrowed , and ( c ) overall youth joblessness declines sub- stantially . 3. The long - term ...
... earnings prospects of disadvantaged youth , ( b ) the differential employ- ment prospects of minority groups and other youth are greatly narrowed , and ( c ) overall youth joblessness declines sub- stantially . 3. The long - term ...
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... earnings of participants , resources adequate to this purpose should be devoted to each individual served . In those instances when there are not sufficient resources to serve all in need , we recommend that programs should provide ...
... earnings of participants , resources adequate to this purpose should be devoted to each individual served . In those instances when there are not sufficient resources to serve all in need , we recommend that programs should provide ...
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... earnings are ini- tially quite low for all groups of youth but by the age of 25 or 26 , a substantial and widening earnings gap between whites and blacks is already evident , sug- gesting that the latter are disproportionately ...
... earnings are ini- tially quite low for all groups of youth but by the age of 25 or 26 , a substantial and widening earnings gap between whites and blacks is already evident , sug- gesting that the latter are disproportionately ...
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... Earnings , vol . 26 , No. 1 , January 1979 . 2 Source : Current Population Survey , October 1978 . $ 16 to 19 . 4 20 to 24 . 5 Source : National Longitudinal Surveys , unpublished tables . Base is all those who worked at all during that ...
... Earnings , vol . 26 , No. 1 , January 1979 . 2 Source : Current Population Survey , October 1978 . $ 16 to 19 . 4 20 to 24 . 5 Source : National Longitudinal Surveys , unpublished tables . Base is all those who worked at all during that ...
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AFDC American Assembly Anderson areas black youth career CBO's CETA Colleges of Chicago community colleges community-based organizations Congress Congressman Mitchell decade disadvantaged earnings employed youth employers employment and training employment policies enrollment experience Federal Federal Communications Commission food stamp program funds going GREDE growth hearings higher hire Hispanic population Hispanic youth improve income increase institutions job creation job-sharing joblessness JOHNSON Joint Economic Committee labor force participation labor market look major manpower programs MARTIN median ment Mexican-Americans minimum wage minority employment opportunities minority groups minority youth unemployment munity colleges National National Urban League occupational person ployment prepared statement prime sponsors private sector problem Puerto Ricans question racial recession registration requirements Representative BROWN Representative MITCHELL Sawhill Senator Jepsen skills small business statistics structurally unemployed targeted teenage Thank tion unem unemployment rate United States-Mexico border Washington white youth women Wylie youth employment
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Page 94 - Occupational characteristics of employed Spanish origin persons differed, sometimes markedly, from that of the overall employed population. For instance, although 16 percent of all employed persons in the civilian labor force were professional and technical workers, only 8 percent of the Spanish origin labor force were so employed, and the proportion of employed persons of Spanish origin working as managers and administrators (5 percent) was significantly lower than for the overall population (11...
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