National Employer Survey
1998

Response Rates for All NES Surveys National Employer Survey 1998 Format = Microsoft Word,  Size = 8k,  Download This Word 97/98 document contains response rates for all administrations of the National Employer Survey (1994, 1996, 1997, and 1998).

1998 National Employer School-to-Work Supplemental Survey Instrument National Employer Survey 1998 Format = Adobe Acrobat,  Size = 92k,  Download As part of its ongoing evaluation efforts, the National School-to-Work Office has sought to assess the impact of the 1994 School-to-Work Opportunities Act on the activities of private employers. The 1998 NES re-interviewed 1,000 establishments that participated in the 1997 survey. This instrument placed special emphasis on issues of importance to the School-to-Work Office. Respondents were asked about their participation in work-based learning, their need to provide remedial training to their employees, and their recruitment costs. The survey questions are included in this PDF document.

School-to-Work Partnerships and Employer Participation: Evidence on Persistence and Attrition from the National Employer Survey Daniel Shapiro National Employer Survey 1998 Format = Adobe Acrobat,  Size = 176k,  Download This paper uses data from the 1998 administration of the National Employer Survey (NES-98) to examine the impact of the 1994 School-to-Work Opportunities Act on private employers. The author presents data concerning employer participation in school-to-work partnerships for both 1997 and 1998. In addition, the paper examines several outcome measures: (1) the effect of participation on employers' recruitment costs; (2) the effect of participation on the provision of remedial training by private employers; and (3) the effect of participation on youth turnover rates.