Employment Opportunities Pilot Projects (EOPP): Household Baseline Data Base, 1980

<p>The Employment Opportunities Pilot Projects (EOPP) data are two extensive surveys conducted during 1980 at selected sites. One is of roughly 5,000 establishments and the other of 30,000 households. The surveys were conducted under contract with the Labor Department by Westat. The Employment Opportunities Pilot Projects were designed to test the effects of an intensive job search program combined with a work and training program. In order to be eligible for the program, individuals had to meet eligibility requirements of being unemployed and either below a given family income or on AFDC or SSI. The survey was designed to measure the impact of the program on participants, nonparticipants, and the local labor market. The baseline survey collected preprogram measures of earnings, wage rates, and unemployment. An additional survey of the program's participants and of private employers was conducted. The program lasted from the summer of 1979 until the beginning of 1981.</p>