Does Job Corps Work? Impact Findings from the National Job Corps Study
Peter Z. Schochet, John Burghardt and Sheena McConnell
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Schochet, Peter Z., John Burghardt, and Sheena McConnell. 2008. "Does Job Corps Work? Impact Findings from the National Job Corps Study." American Economic Review, 98(5): 1864–86.
DOI:10.1257/aer.98.5.1864
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| Abstract |
This paper presents findings from an experimental evaluation of Job Corps, the
nation’s largest training program for disadvantaged youths. The study uses survey
data collected over four years and tax data over nine years on a nationwide
sample of 15,400 treatments and controls. The Job Corps model has promise;
program participation increases educational attainment, reduces criminal
activity, and increases earnings for several postprogram years. Based on tax
data, however, the earnings gains were not sustained except for the oldest participants.
Nonetheless, Job Corps is the only federal training program that has
been shown to increase earnings for this population. (JEL I28, I38, J13, J24)
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| Authors |
Schochet, Peter Z. (Mathematica Policy Research, Inc, Princeton, NJ)
Burghardt, John (Mathematica Policy Research, Inc, Princeton, NJ)
McConnell, Sheena (Mathematica Policy Research, Inc, Princeton, NJ)
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I28: Education: Government Policy
I38: Welfare and Poverty: Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
J13: Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
J24: Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
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