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Persistence Of Poverty Across Generations: A Comparison Of Anglos, Blacks, And Latinos, Anna M. Santiago, Yolanda C. Padilla
Persistence Of Poverty Across Generations: A Comparison Of Anglos, Blacks, And Latinos, Anna M. Santiago, Yolanda C. Padilla
New England Journal of Public Policy
Utilizing data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, this study examines the impact of children's growing up in poverty on the probability of their remaining in poverty during young adulthood. The primary goals of the research are to examine racial, ethnic, and gender differences in patterns of persistent poverty and to identify predictors of poverty status in young adulthood. The results suggest that both women, regardless of their race, ethnicity, or adolescent poverty status, and black men who grew up in poverty are more likely to be poor as young adults than Anglo men. Logistic regression analyses reveal that …
Analysis Of Milwaukee County Jtpa Title Iia Participants: 1988-1994, John Pawasarat
Analysis Of Milwaukee County Jtpa Title Iia Participants: 1988-1994, John Pawasarat
ETI Publications
The Employment and Training Institute has worked with the Private Industry Council (PIC) of Milwaukee County to prepare analysis of JTPA Title IIA participant outcomes over time. This report analyzes data on all JTPA Title IIA participants in Milwaukee County for a seven-year period and tracks their wage history using the employee wage records retrieved from the Department of Industry, Labor and Human Relations for First Quarter 1988 through Second Quarter 1994. The PIC has served increasingly difficult populations in the Title IIA JTPA programs, including long-term AFDC recipients (up from 16 percent of clients in CY 1988 to 25 …