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Formula Feedback and Central Cities: The Case of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act
Urban Affairs Quarterly (1978)
  • E. Terrence Jones, University of Missouri-St. Louis
  • Donald Phares
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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. 
Keywords
  • Employment Statistics,
  • Federal Aid,
  • Measurement Techniques,
  • Occupational Surveys,
  • Opinions,
  • Resource Allocation,
  • Revenue Sharing,
  • Unemployment
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Publication Date
September, 1978
Citation Information
E. Terrence Jones and Donald Phares. "Formula Feedback and Central Cities: The Case of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act" Urban Affairs Quarterly Vol. 14 Iss. 1 (1978) p. 31 - 54
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/eterrence-jones/41/