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Entrepreneurial discovery by the working poor

Fiet, J., Nixon, R., Gupta, M., & Patel, P. (2006). Entrepreneurial discovery by the working poor. Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship, 11(3), 255-273.

  • Topic Area: Entrepreneurship and Self-Employment

Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis

Causal Evidence Rating: Low Causal Evidence

Outcome Effectiveness:

Other training and education

1382

Essays on the economics of higher education: The academic and labor market outcomes to four to two-year transfer, summer enrollment, and year-round Pell

Liu, Y. T. (2017). Essays on the economics of higher education: The academic and labor market outcomes to four to two-year transfer, summer enrollment, and year-round Pell (Unpublished doctoral dissertation). Columbia University, New York, NY. doi: 10.7916/D8M90N11

  • Topic Area: Community College

Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis

Causal Evidence Rating: Moderate Causal Evidence

Outcome Effectiveness:

Community college education and other classroom training

979

Estimated impacts for participants in the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program under the 2002 amendments.

Schochet, P.Z., D’Amico, R., Berk, J., Dolfin, S., & Wozny, N. (2012). Estimated impacts for participants in the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program under the 2002 amendments. Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research.

Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis

Causal Evidence Rating: Moderate Causal Evidence

Outcome Effectiveness:

Job search assistance and supportive services Other training and education

2060
Estimating the effects of independent living services on educational attainment and employment of foster care youth
Kim, Y., Ju, E., Rosenberg, R., & Farmer, E. B. M. (2019). Estimating the effects of independent living services on educational attainment and employment of foster care youth. Children and Youth Services Review, 96, 294-301.

  • Topic Area: Opportunities for Youth

Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis

Causal Evidence Rating: Low Causal Evidence

Outcome Effectiveness:

Employment and Training Services Training and Education Other training and education

517

Estimating the returns to community college schooling for displaced workers

Jacobson, L., LaLonde, R., & Sullivan, D. (2004). Estimating the returns to community college schooling for displaced workers. (IZA discussion paper no. 1018). Bonn, Germany: Institute for the Study of Labor.

  • Topic Area: Community College

Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis

Causal Evidence Rating: Moderate Causal Evidence

Outcome Effectiveness:

Community college education and other classroom training

893

Evaluating multi-treatment programs: Theory and evidence from the U.S. Job Training Partnership Act experiment.

Plesca, M., & Smith, J. (2007). Evaluating multi-treatment programs: Theory and evidence from the U.S. Job Training Partnership Act experiment. Empirical Economics, 32, 491-528.

Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis

Causal Evidence Rating: High Causal Evidence

Outcome Effectiveness:

Job search assistance and supportive services Supported employment or other employment supports Other training and education

873

Evaluating the effectiveness of the Massachusetts workforce development system using no-shows as a nonexperimental comparison group.

Raphael, S., & Stoll, M. A. (2006). Evaluating the effectiveness of the Massachusetts workforce development system using no-shows as a nonexperimental comparison group. Evaluation Review, 30(4), 379-429.

Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis

Causal Evidence Rating: Moderate Causal Evidence

Outcome Effectiveness:

Job search assistance and supportive services Other training and education

950

Evaluating the impacts of Washington State repeated job search services on the earnings of prime‐age female TANF recipients.

Hsiao, C., Shen, Y., Wang, B., & Weeks, G. (2007). Evaluating the impacts of Washington State repeated job search services on the earnings of prime‐age female TANF recipients. Journal of Applied Econometrics, 22(2), 453-475.

  • Topic Area: Low-Income Adults

Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis

Causal Evidence Rating: Low Causal Evidence

Outcome Effectiveness:

Community college education and other classroom training Job search assistance and supportive services Other training and education

254

Evaluating the Vocational Rehabilitation Program using longitudinal data: Evidence for a quasi-experimental research design

Dean, D., Dolan, R., & Schmidt, R. (1999). Evaluating the Vocational Rehabilitation Program using longitudinal data: Evidence for a quasi-experimental research design. Evaluation Review, 23(2), 162–189

  • Topic Area: Disability Employment Policy

Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis

Causal Evidence Rating: Moderate Causal Evidence

Outcome Effectiveness:

Disability insurance Supplemental security income (SSI) Vocational rehabilitation

1981
Evaluating two welfare-to-work program approaches: Two-year findings on the labor force attachment and human capital development programs in three sites
Hamilton, G., Brock, T., Farrell, M., Friedlander, D., Hunter-Manns, J., Walter, J., and Weissman, J. (1997). Evaluating two welfare-to-work program approaches: Two-year findings on the labor force attachment and human capital development programs in three sites. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation and U.S. Department of Education. [Grand Rapids LFA vs. Grand Rapids HCD]

  • Topic Area: Low-Income Adults

Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis

Causal Evidence Rating: High Causal Evidence

Outcome Effectiveness:

Employment and Training Services Other employment and reemployment Training and Education