Budget Issues: Staff Studies for Fiscal 1977U.S. Government Printing Office, 1976 - 165 pages |
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... person - years of unemployment over the 1976-80 period than would the fast growth path . Counting discouraged workers makes the difference even more dramatic . The difference in the number employed would be 2.1 million in 1978 or 9.2 ...
... person - years of unemployment over the 1976-80 period than would the fast growth path . Counting discouraged workers makes the difference even more dramatic . The difference in the number employed would be 2.1 million in 1978 or 9.2 ...
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... persons ] Total 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 353 1 , 303 2 , 113 2 , 592 2 , 809 Males : ( 16-19 ) : Nonwhite__ 10. 7 35. 8 52. 1 55.8 White ---- 28. 3 97.9 153. 8 178. 3 51.7 177. 4 ( 20-24 ) : Nonwhite . 10. 7 36. 3 51. 4 54. 8 51.8 White ...
... persons ] Total 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 353 1 , 303 2 , 113 2 , 592 2 , 809 Males : ( 16-19 ) : Nonwhite__ 10. 7 35. 8 52. 1 55.8 White ---- 28. 3 97.9 153. 8 178. 3 51.7 177. 4 ( 20-24 ) : Nonwhite . 10. 7 36. 3 51. 4 54. 8 51.8 White ...
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... persons are unaware of openings or live a substantial distance from available jobs , unemployment and unfilled openings can coexist . The matching of openings to skills has become increasingly difficult during the last 10 years because ...
... persons are unaware of openings or live a substantial distance from available jobs , unemployment and unfilled openings can coexist . The matching of openings to skills has become increasingly difficult during the last 10 years because ...
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... persons who cannot find work , no comprehensive review ever has been made of the effectiveness of those programs . Some very general conclusions about training and rehabilitation programs were reached in a 1975 review of 252 fragmented ...
... persons who cannot find work , no comprehensive review ever has been made of the effectiveness of those programs . Some very general conclusions about training and rehabilitation programs were reached in a 1975 review of 252 fragmented ...
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... person of $ 3,421 . WAGE SUBSIDIES Training enhances the value of a worker to a firm . Another way to provide an employment incentive is to lower the cost of labor to an employer . Serious consideration has been given to two proposals ...
... person of $ 3,421 . WAGE SUBSIDIES Training enhances the value of a worker to a firm . Another way to provide an employment incentive is to lower the cost of labor to an employer . Serious consideration has been given to two proposals ...
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