Formula Feedback and Central Cities: The Case of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act

E. Terrence Jones; Donald Phares

Formula Feedback and Central Cities: The Case of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act

University of Missouri-St. Louis

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Abstract

This study critically examines the measurement of the Comprehesive Employment and Training Act's key allocation variable, unemployment. The analysis indicates (1) unemployment rates are higher than government estimates and (2) methods used to measure state and local umemployment have several weaknesses.

Original language	American English
Journal	Urban Affairs Quarterly
Volume	14
State	Published - Sep 1978

Keywords

Employment Statistics
Federal Aid
Measurement Techniques
Occupational Surveys
Opinions
Resource Allocation
Revenue Sharing
Unemployment

Disciplines

Political Science

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Formula Feedback and Central Cities: The Case of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act

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