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Responds to comments by economist William D. Walsh on a paper concerning the adjustment coefficient of construction apprenticeship in the Detroit, Michigan labor market. Alteration of the magnitudes by reducing the single period rate of adjustment; Sensitivity of training to construction demand factors; Evidence of partial adjustment by unions and contractors to changing market conditions.

Comments on the paper by economists John M. Mattila and J. Peter Mattila dealing with the impact of economic conditions on the size of Detroit, Michigan's apprenticeship programs. Revision of the three equation model; Implication of the model's demand variable estimates; Response of apprenticeship training programs to demand variation.

Identifies the determinants of the size of construction apprenticeship training programs in Detroit, Michigan's labor market. Time-series analysis of construction apprentices; Evidence of partial adjustment by unions and contractor to changing market conditions; Impact of affirmative action programs on the training of apprentices.