A help or a hindrance? The impact of job training on the employment status of disadvantaged women

Evaluation Review

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 29-54

  Leahey, Erin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; POVERTY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

ADULT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; POVERTY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; UNITED STATES; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 0035258710     PISSN: 0193841X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193841X0102500102     Document Type: Article

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