The benefits and costs of JTPA Title II-A programs: Key findings from the national Job Training Partnership Act study

Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 549-576

  Bloom, Howard S ^a   Orr, Larry L ^b   Bell, Stephen H ^b   Cave, George ^c   Doolittle, Fred ^c   Lin, Winston ^b   Bos, Johannes M ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^c MDRC ^*

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EID: 0001669986     PISSN: 0022166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/146183     Document Type: Article

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