Using nonexperimental methods, presents estimates of the effects of Job Corps for participants who complete vocational training and those who do not, as well as for participants who obtain a GED and those who do not. For hard copy contact Battelle Memorial Institute at (206) 525-3130.

Conducted in 1993, the National Job Corps Study (NJCS) found Job Corps improved education and training outcomes, reduced criminal activity, and improved earnings and employment outcomes. However, impacts on key outcomes were not associated with overall center performance measures. This study...

Examines outreach, admissions, and center characteristics and practices that appear to promote positive experiences for Job Corps students. Finds that outreach and admissions counselors play a key role in these experiences, as do center characteristics and strength of the academic and vocational...

Summarizes the main findings from a series of other reports on the study. Concludes that centers deliver comprehensive and consistent services. Furthermore, Job Corps makes a meaningful difference in educational attainment and earnings; gains are found across most groups of students and types of...

This report explores the effects of employment and earnings on the likelihood of marriage for young economically disadvantaged men and women. The study exploits the change in employment resulting from random assignment to the Job Corps program to identify the effect of employment on the...

Presents estimates of the impacts of Job Corps on participants' employment and related outcomes during the 48 months after random assignment.

Estimates the impacts of Job Corps on participants' prose, document, and quantitative literacy, which are typically weak for youth entering the program. Finds positive impacts in all three domains and across most key groups of students.

Social programs have a wide variety of effects and often have the explicit objective of improving the economic status of the people they serve. In order to be useful to policymakers, benefit—cost analysis of social programs should explicitly take account of these two important program...