Determinants of Economic Success in Retraining the Unemployed: The West Virginia Experience
The economic costs and benefits of government-sponsored retraining of the long-term unemployed in West Virginia from 1959 through 1964 are examined and analyzed in this study of the post-training labor market experience of 879 Trainees, Nontrainees, and other groups. A multivariate analysis was used. When the effects of age, sex, education, and other socioeconomic and labor market variables were held constant, the net effect of retraining on employment and before-tax earnings for the study sample was shown to be positive and statistically significant. Average monetary benefits exceeded average monetary costs during the 18-month post-training period.
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1968
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Authors: | Stromsdorfer, Ernst W. |
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Journal of Human Resources. - University of Wisconsin Press. - Vol. 3.1968, 2
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University of Wisconsin Press |
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