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Title: Occupations in energy-related industries: opportunities for minority youth. Final report

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5207160

This study of job opportunities in the energy industry for minority youth (16 to 24 years old) was precipitated by two factors: (1) the unusually high unemployment rate for minority youth in the United States; and (2) the question of whether or not the expanding domestic energy industry offered job opportunities to assist in reducing that high unemployment rate. As recently as March 16, 1981, US Department of Labor Secretary Raymond Donovan expressed the Reagan Administration's determination to tackle the persistent problems of minority teen-age unemployment, which has been running at a national average of 40.8% in 1981, having reached 43% in some urban areas during the years 1976 and 1980. Secretary Donovan emphasized his approach would be to encourage jobs for youth in private industry. Through the development of an analytical model, Minority-Emphasized Regional Demand and Supply Analysis, this study attempts a projection of job opportunities and minority youth availability in the energy industries in 18 energy producing states.

Research Organization:
Resources, Inc., Washington, DC (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC01-80MI01004
OSTI ID:
5207160
Report Number(s):
DOE/MI/01004-T5; ON: DE82010433
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Portions of document are illegible
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English