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Title: Training Among Young Adults: Who, What Kind, and for How Long?
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Veum, Jonathan R. |
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Training Among Young Adults: Who, What Kind, and for How Long? Monthly Labor Review 116,8 (August 1993): 27-32. Also: http://stats.bls.gov/opub/mlr/1993/08/art3abs.htm Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: U.S. Department of Labor Keyword(s): Apprenticeships; Armed Forces Qualifications Test (AFQT); Employment, Youth; Hispanics; Minorities; Training; Training, Off-the-Job; Vocational Training Investments in education and training are widely expected to improve the U.S. position in the global market by improving worker productivity. Data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth found that 38% of young adults received training between 1986 and 1991. The types of training included company training programs, seminars, apprenticeships, business school, vocational and technical institutes, and correspondence courses. Whites and men were more likely to receive company training, while Blacks, Hispanics, and women were more likely to attend off-the-job training programs. The likelihood of receiving training increased with education and score on the Armed Forces Qualifying Test. |
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Veum, Jonathan R. "Training Among Young Adults: Who, What Kind, and for How Long?" Monthly Labor Review 116,8 (August 1993): 27-32.
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