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Does federally-funded job training work? : nonexperimental estimates of WIA training impacts using longitudinal data on workers and firms
Andersson, Fredrik; Holzer, Harry J.; Lane, Julia; … - 2013
to the data available in state Unemployment Insurance (UI) earnings records. We find that value to be zero. …
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Outcome mechanisms for improved employment and earnings through screened job training: evidence from an RCT
Baird, Matthew; Engberg, John Barker; Gutierrez, Italo A. - 2021
This study fills a gap in the literature on the outcome mechanisms in which successful training programs improve employment and earnings, such as raises on the job or longer job duration. The city of New Orleans implemented a job training program as an RCT for low-income workers. Individuals in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012549712
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Life skills, employability and training for disadvantaged youth : evidence from a randomized evaluation design
Ibarrarán, Pablo; Ripani, Laura; Taboada, Bibiana; … - 2012
behavior and life style, expectations about the future and socio-emotional skills. In terms of labor market outcomes, the …-cognitive skills as measured by three different scales. Scores improve between 0.08 and 0.16 standard deviations with the program …. Although recent progress noted in the literature suggests that socio-emotional skills increase employability and quality of …
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Job loss : bridging the research and policy discussion
Lynch, Lisa M. (contributor) - 2005
the skill quality of workers entering into the labor market and the nature of the stock of skills of workers already in … the job market. This paper summarizes our knowledge on where workers get skills training and the returns to this training …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002659566
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The role of trainee selection in the effectiveness of vocational training : evidence from a randomized controlled trial in Nepal
Chowdhury, Shyamal K.; Hasan, Syed; Sharma, Uttam - 2023
Based on a randomized controlled trial conducted on extremely poor youths in Nepal, we report the impact of a vocational training program that offered long-duration training combined with incentives for trainers tied to trainees' success. Furthermore, to mimic the practices in the field, a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014454466
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Racial discrimination in the US labor market : employment and wage differentials by skill
Borowczyk-Martins, Daniel; Bradley, Jake; Tarasonis, Linas - 2014
In the US labor market the average black worker is exposed to a lower employment rate and earns a lower wage compared to his white counterpart. Lang and Lehmann (2012) argue that these mean differences mask substantial heterogeneity along the distribution of workers' skill. In particular, they...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010355697
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A comparative analysis of the labour market performance of university‐educated immigrants in Australia, Canada, and the United States : does policy matter?
Clarke, Andrew; Ferrer, Ana M.; Skuterud, Mikal - 2018
We examine data from Australia, Canada, and the U.S. to inform the potential for immigrant screening policies to influence the labour market performance of skilled immigrants. Our estimates point to improvements in employment rates and weekly earnings of male university-educated immigrants in...
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An evaluation of the workforce investment act adult program in Minnesota : lessons from the financial crisis
Bendewald, Ellen; Maryns, Nicholas; Robertson, Raymond - 2016
Using matched administrative data, this paper estimates the program effects of Minnesota's WIA Title I‐B Adult program to make two contributions to the literature. First, this paper applies a wide range of non‐experimental approaches and generates similar estimates of program effects that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011518089
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The determinants of participation in a social program : evidence from a prototypical job training program
Heckman, James J. (contributor);  … - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
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Do reemployment programs for the unemployed work for youth? : evidence from the Great Recession in the United States
Michaelides, Marios; Mueser, Peter R.; Smith, Jeffrey A. - 2020
We present experimental evidence on the effects of four U.S. reemployment programs for youth Unemployment Insurance (UI …
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