ERIC Number: ED019447
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1967-Apr
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EARNINGS MOBILITY OF MDTA TRAINEES. MANPOWER EVALUATION REPORT NUMBER 7.
KOHEN, RAY W.; ROSOFSKY, ROSE G.
OF THE 12,073 PERSONS WHO COMPLETED MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING ACT INSTITUTIONAL COURSES DURING THE FIRST HALF OF 1965, INCREASED EARNINGS WERE REPORTED FOR 5,470 OF THE 8,327 FOR WHICH BOTH PRE-TRAINING AND POST-TRAINING EARNINGS DATA WERE AVAILABLE. TRAINING FOR OVER 85 PERCENT OF THE EMPLOYED GRADUATES WAS GIVEN IN THE MAJOR OCCUPATIONAL CATEGORIES--(1) SKILLED, 28 PERCENT, (2) CLERICAL AND SALES, 22 PERCENT, (3) SEMISKILLED, 18 PERCENT, AND (4) SERVICE OCCUPATIONS, 18 PERCENT. EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR 72 PERCENT OF THIS GROUP WERE PROVIDED BY MANUFACTURING, SERVICE INDUSTRIES, AND WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE. WORKERS TRAINED IN THE SKILLED OCCUPATIONS DOMINATED THE INTERMEDIATE AND UPPER END OF THE EARNINGS RANGE WITH 53 PERCENT EARNING AT LEAST $2.00 AN HOUR. THREE OF FIVE GRADUATES WERE MALES. ALMOST ONE QUARTER OF THE MALES REPORTING HAD PRE-TRAINING EARNINGS OF LESS THAN $1.25 PER HOUR, BUT ONLY ONE-NINTH HAD POST-TRAINING EARNINGS AT THAT LEVEL. ABOUT 80 PERCENT OF THE FEMALE GRADUATES FOUND EMPLOYMENT IN CLERICAL AND SALES WITH MEDIAN EARNINGS IN THE $1.50 TO $1.74 INTERVAL, AND IN SERVICE OCCUPATIONS WITH MEDIAN EARNINGS IN THE $1.15 TO $1.24 PER HOUR INTERVAL. ALTHOUGH THE NONWHITE COMPLETER'S EARNINGS ADVANCED, HE DID NOT FARE SO WELL AS THE WHITE COMPLETER. OTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING EARNINGS, EMPLOYMENT, AND GRADUATE CHARACTERISTICS IS GIVEN. COPIES OF THIS DOCUMENT ARE AVAILABLE FROM MANPOWER ADMINISTRATION, OFFICE OF MANPOWER POLICY, EVALUATION, AND RESEARCH, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, 14TH STREET AND CONSTITUTION AVENUE, N.W., WASHINGTON, D.C. 20210. (EM)
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Authoring Institution: Office of Manpower Policy, Evaluation, and Research (DOL), Washington, DC.
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Manpower Development and Training Act
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