ABSTRACT
This chapter aims to provide the Review's focus on labor market issues through the exploration of the impact of retraining on the earnings and employment of displaced workers. It presents evidence about program participation and the earnings and employment outcomes for a sample of dislocated black, Hispanic, and white male and female workers who participated in training programs funded under Title III of the Job Training Partnership Act of 1982. The chapter discusses the treatment of vocational training issues in the Review and in other organs. It describes Title III and the methodology and data. The chapter provides the results, followed by a summary of the findings and suggestions for future research. During the early 1970s, structural barriers limiting equitable participation by blacks in US economic institutions came under close scrutiny in the Review. At the most global level, these barriers were seen as endemic to the capitalist system, with particular manifestations at the local, national, and international levels.
