Schochet, Peter Z.; Burghardt, John; McConnell, Sheena - In: American Economic Review 98 (2008) 5, pp. 1864-86
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...