Grant No.: 91-32-66-20 Institution: Princeton University Princeton, New Jersey Doctoral Candidate: Stanley W. Huff, Department of Economics. Sponsor: Dr. Frederick H. Harbison. Dissertation: Hiring Practices, Hiring Standards, and Manpower Development Policies of Selected Employing Institutions in Labor Markets with Differing Rates of Unemployment Objectives and Procedures: This project will study the differences in wages of comparable occupations and the recruiting policies of employers between the adjacent job markets of Steubenville, Ohio-Weirton, W. Va., which has a low rate of unemployment, and Wheeling, W. Va., where the rate of unemployment is above the national average. Personnel managers of firms in both areas will be interviewed to determined differences in hiring policies. Estimated Completion Date: June 1967. Grant No.: 91-51-66-54 Institution: University of Washington Seattle, Washington Doctoral Candidate: Stephen E. Baldwin, Department of Economics. Sponsor: Dr. J. B. Gillingham. Dissertation: Impact of Governmental Programs on Employment of Youth in the Seattle Labor Market Objectives and Procedures: This study will analyze job market entry and experience of disadvantaged Seattle teenagers during the current period of exceptionally rapid regional economic expansion. It will also assess the effectiveness of various public agencies and special programs designed to facilitate the assimilation of this group into the labor force. Youths will be interviewed about their job market experience. Standard analytical techniques will be used to relate data to factors relevant to success, including age, sex, race, family characteristics, and education. Particular effort will be made to determine the relative job effectiveness of youths who participated in training programs of various public agencies. Estimated Completion Date: September 1967. Grant No.: 91-05-66-24 Institution: Stanford University Stanford, California Doctoral Candidate: Paul D. Gayer, Department of Economics. Sponsor: Dr. Melvin W. Reder. Dissertation: Manpower Effects of Cuban Immigrant Flows, 1959-66 Objectives and Procedures: The study will assess the mechanisms by which the U.S. economy as a whole and the job market of the Miami area adjusted to the inflow of political refugees from Cuba. Actions of Federal, State, and local authorities to cope with inflows of refugees will be appraised. A competitive model for the Miami job market will be constructed, and results compared with actual conditions in the job market. Estimated Completion Date: June 1968. Grant No.: 91-24-66-14 Institution: Wayne State University Detroit, Michigan Doctoral Candidate: Stig Ralstrom, Department of Industrial Education. Sponsor: Dr. G. Harold Silvius. Dissertation: Teaching Practices for Preventing Dropouts Objectives and Procedures: The objective of this study is to determine the most effective teaching practices that instructors of industrial education can use to prevent school dropouts. Research studies, ratings by experts, and statistical studies of school records will be used to determine the most effective practices for preventing school dropouts. Estimated Completion Date: March 1967. Grant No.: 91-53-66-11 Institution: University of Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin Doctoral Candidate: James S. Crabtree, Department of Industrial Relations. Sponsor: Dr. Alan Filley. Dissertation: The Structure of Related Instruction in Wisconsin Apprenticeship Programs Objectives and Procedures: The objective of this study is to develop a current description of apprenticeship programs of related instruction in Wisconsin schools of vocational education. The structure will provide a framework for evaluating this kind of educational process in the light of present and future skilled manpower expectations and needs in the State. Information will be collected from the Apprenticeship Division, the State Board of Vocational and Adult Education, and the local vocational schools by questionnaire, interview, and review of historical records. Data will be analyzed and presented in both narrative and tabular form. Estimated Completion Date: February 1967. Grant No.: 91-53-66-68 Institution: University of Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin Doctoral Candidate: Leonard J. Hausman, Department of Economics. Sponsor: Dr. Gerald G. Somers. Dissertation: Using Monetary Incentives to Motivate and Stabilize the Employment of Welfare Recipients Objectives and Procedures: The objectives of this study are to determine the significance of the use of financial incentives in motivating welfare recipients to seek employment and to evaluate alternative incentive plans. The number of employable persons who can earn more by welfare payments than by working will be determined, and alternative incentive systems will be devised. Estimated Completion Date: July 1967. Grant No.: 91-53-66-69 Institution: University of Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin Doctoral Candidate: Walter Hubner, Industrial Relations Research Institute. Sponsor: Dr. Alan Filley. Dissertation: Individual Need Satisfaction in Work and Non-Work Objectives and Procedures: This study will explore the motivations of workers, the satisfactions that workers desire from work as well as non-work, the nature of the strategies that individuals use in approaching work, and the manner in which technology affects jobs and job occupants. A forced-choice questionnaire will be administered to a sample of skilled and unskilled blue-collar workers. The questionnaire will measure the degree to which psychological needs are satisfied by working. Estimated Completion Date: September 1967. Grant No.: 91-53-66-10 Institution: University of Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin Doctoral Candidate: Collette Moser, Department of Economics. Sponsor: Dr. Gerald G. Somers. Dissertation: An Evaluation of Area Skill Surveys as a Basis for Manpower Policies Objectives and Procedures: The objective of this study is to evaluate Area Skill Surveys and Training Needs Surveys. These surveys are conducted in cooperation with public employment agencies in order to predict occupational needs for 2 to 5 years. The content and methodology of the present surveys will be appraised, and accuracy of predictions will be measured by a followup study. Officials will be interviewed to determine the requirements of a successful survey and the extent to which surveys are utilized by employers and vocational program planners. Estimated Completion Date: February 1967. Grant No.: 91-53-66-26 Institution: University of Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin Doctoral Candidate: Wilbur J. Smith, Department of Economics. Sponsor: Dr. Harold Groves. Dissertation: The Cost and Benefits of Unemployment, Retraining, and Relocation in an Economically Depressed Area: A Case Study of Five Counties in West Virginia Objectives and Procedures: This study will measure the cost and benefits of retraining the unemployed in terms of how well course offerings met the needs of the local job market, increased the occupational and geographical mobility, improved employment and earnings, and increased the working life of trainees. It will also determine the effect of recently instituted retraining programs on the amount and kind of social welfare payments. Research will utilize data from interviews, from social security files, and from analysis of cost of retraining programs and welfare programs. Detailed statistical analysis and correlations of these data will be made. Estimated Completion Date: September 1967. A representative group of hired managers will be selected for comparison. Statistical methods will be used to evaluate the data. Estimated Completion Date: September 1967. Grant No.: 91-07-66-19 Institution: Yale University New Haven, Connecticut Doctoral Candidate: Robert Goldfarb, Department of Economics. Sponsor: Dr. Mark W. Leiserson. Dissertation: A Benefit Cost Study of New Haven's Work-Training Programs Objectives and Procedures: This study will measure the relative effectiveness, in terms of income improvement, of various work-training programs in New Haven. Comparable measures of benefits and costs for each program will be developed based on data to be collected from Community Progress, Inc. on the expense of programs and income of participants after training. Estimated Completion Date: November 1968. Grant No.: 91-07-66-06 |