A Systems Analytic Approach to the Employment Problems of Disadvantaged Youth.

Stephen J. Carroll, Anthony H. Pascal

Expert InsightsPublished 1969

A discussion of the employment problems of disadvantaged youth and a description of a model of youth employment prospects. Public concern over these problems has spawned a variety of programs, ranging from compensatory education through antidelinquency and antidropout programs, to skill training and job placement programs. Project evaluations and the cost/benefit analyses necessary for the design of effective program packages cannot be conducted until the complex, dynamic interrelationships that underlie youth behavior and opportunities, with all of the manifold feedback loops, are understood. This is a first step in this effort. The conceptual model of the youth employment situation consists of a set of simultaneous equations that predict the economic prospects for an individual on the basis of his experiences, tastes, abilities, perceptions, and opportunities. (Prepared for presentation at a NATO Cost-Benefit Analysis Symposium to be held at The Hague, July 7-11, 1969.) 25 pp.

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Carroll, Stephen J. and Anthony H. Pascal, A Systems Analytic Approach to the Employment Problems of Disadvantaged Youth. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1969. https://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P4045.html.
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