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Selective Employment Programs of the 1960s
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Rural Manpower Programs in the South
No full textThis paper was prepared for the Task Force on Southern Rural Development, Meridian, Mississippi, June 20-21, 1975.Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resource
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Black Employment in the South
No full textThis paper summarizes the major findings of the 'Negro Employment in the South Project (NES). The main objective of the NES project was to analyze black employment patterns in 13 Southern states with a view to making policy recommendations to improve black employment opportunities. The specific questions raised were: (1) What are the black employment patterns and trends? (2) What are the main explanations for the patterns and trends? (3) What kinds of public policies are most effective in improving Black employment opportunities?Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resource
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The International Migration of Workers in the United States and Europe
No full textPrepared as a background paper for the National Council on Employment Policy's Conference, "Public Policy Perspectives on Alien Workers," Washington, D.C., May 13-14, 1976.
This essay is designed to outline basic forces and to recommend some policies for dealing with the alien worker problem in the
United States.Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resource
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Some Rural Economic Development Problems n the South
No full textThe historical causes of low incomes in the South are outlined very briefly, but the main purpose of the paper is to discuss some of
the causes of and proposed remedies for low incomes in the rural South.Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resource
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Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Development Project
No full textThis report summarizes some major aspects of the Tennessee-Tombigbee project, with emphasis on the extent to which it is likely to benefit blacks and low-income whites. A socioeconomic profile of the area is presented in Appendix A. The main body of the report outlines the primary dates associated with the project an1 discusses its nature; the organizational structure for carrying it out, and the distribution of benefits to be derived.Ford FoundationRay Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resource
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Policy and Program Issues in Rural Manpower Development
No full textThis paper discusses some of the policy and program issues in rural manpower development. It starts with a brief discussion of the main changes taking place in rural America. It then analyzes the problems of migrant workers; rural industrialization; rural manpower problems and programs; the applicability of workmen's compensation, unemployment insurance,and minimum wages to agricultural workers; and the extent of and prospects for collective bargaining in agriculture. We conclude with a summary of some of the main issues in rural manpower development.Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resource
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Black-White Economic Convergence and the Civil Rights Act of 1964
No full textThis paper was prepared for presentation at the Spring Meeting of the Industrial Relations Research Association, Atlanta, April 26, 1974Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resource
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Toward Better Health Care for Rural Americans
No full textTestimony prepared for the U. S. Senate Subcommittee on Rural Development, Hearings on Rural Health Care. Few problems are more important to rural people than adequate health care. Despite the myth that rural people universally enjoy good health,
solid evidence to the contrary exists. Infant mortality rates are as high as 70 percent above the national average in selected rural areas. Age adjusted death rates are higher in non metropolitan areas than metropolitan areas, and have been declining at a slower rate in rural areas than in urban areas.Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resource
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Rural Manpower Problems and Programs
No full textRural human resource development is an important ·national problem because of the continuing rural-to-urban migration of
people who are not prepared by education or work experience for many urban jobs.
This paper was presented to the National Governors' Conference meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico, September 28-30, 1972.Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resource
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