We estimate the effects of the vocational rehabilitation (VR) program run by the Canada Pension Plan Disability Program using administrative data. Identification relies on “selection on observed variables†plus careful comparison group selection and institutional knowledge regarding...

This paper presents estimates of TTW impacts on service enrollment, earnings, and benefit amounts during the first two years of program implementation. Estimates indicate that TTW had a small impact on promoting service enrollment during the first year of rollout. However, there is no compelling...

This report, the second from a large-scale study for the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences of four early math programs, shows that the curriculum used by the study schools mattered. The study examined (1) Investigations in Number, Data, and Space (Investigations),...

Text4baby is a free text messaging program for pregnant women and new mothers with an infant up to one year of age, designed to improve maternal and child health (MCH) among underserved populations in the United States.

Details interventions and presents three case studies to illustrate how youth can benefit.

How important is baseline equivalence for measuring a program's effectiveness? The Home Visiting Evidence of Effectiveness (HomVEE) team has created this new brief to explain why establishing baseline equivalence is critical for estimating the effect of a program.