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This article examines the extent to which the program activity assignments of participants in federal job training programs affect their future employment prospects. We analyze the effects of three types of programs—classroom training, on-the-job training, and work experience—on the post-program employment outcomes of black and white women and men. The data are from the Continuous Longitudinal Manpower Survey of fiscal 1976 participants in the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA). Logistic regression and event history analysis are used to assess the likelihood of immediate employment upon leaving CETA and the rates at which participants enter and leave their first post-program spells of employment and nonemployment.
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This research was supported by the National Science Foundation, Grant No. SES-8023042. We thank Paul D. Allison, Scott Long, William T. Markham, Joseph H. Pleck, Zick Rubin, the editor, and an anonymous reviewer for helpful comments on the manuscript. Arlene Rozzelle was research assistant on the project. An earlier version of this paper was presented at the 1984 annual meeting of the American Sociological Association in San Antonio, Texas.
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Harlan, S.L., Hackett, E.J. Federal job training programs and employment outcomes: Effects by sex and race of participants. Popul Res Policy Rev 4, 235–265 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00146656
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