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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... increase in the number of jobs newly created in the American economy , the rate of unemployment among blacks has not declined very much . And the rate of unemployment among black youth , in particular , has been very sticky downward . I ...
... increase in the number of jobs newly created in the American economy , the rate of unemployment among blacks has not declined very much . And the rate of unemployment among black youth , in particular , has been very sticky downward . I ...
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... increase in the number of jobs newly created in the American economy , the rate of unemployment among blacks has not declined very much . And the rate of unemployment among black youth , in particular , has been very sticky downward . I ...
... increase in the number of jobs newly created in the American economy , the rate of unemployment among blacks has not declined very much . And the rate of unemployment among black youth , in particular , has been very sticky downward . I ...
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... increase in the employability of youth and in the quantity and quality of job opportunities , so that : ( a ) There is a long - term improvement in unsubsidized employment and earnings prospects of disadvantaged youth ; ( b ) that the ...
... increase in the employability of youth and in the quantity and quality of job opportunities , so that : ( a ) There is a long - term improvement in unsubsidized employment and earnings prospects of disadvantaged youth ; ( b ) that the ...
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... increase their participation in the production functions of the Nation , but also as a source of potential job opportunities for many minority young people , and for that mat- ter , minority adults in inner - city areas . Finally , I ...
... increase their participation in the production functions of the Nation , but also as a source of potential job opportunities for many minority young people , and for that mat- ter , minority adults in inner - city areas . Finally , I ...
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... increased over time while their unemployment rate has remained about half that of minorities . There is no general agreement about the relative importance of different causes of youth joblessness , but it appears to be related to the ...
... increased over time while their unemployment rate has remained about half that of minorities . There is no general agreement about the relative importance of different causes of youth joblessness , but it appears to be related to the ...
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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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