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Minimum-wage increases and low-wage employment: Evidence from Seattle
Jardim, E., Long, M. C., Plotnick, R., van Inwegen, E., Vigdor, J., & Wething, H. (2022). Minimum-wage increases and low-wage employment: Evidence from Seattle. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 14(2): 263–314. https://doi.org/10.1257/pol.20180578

Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis

Causal Evidence Rating: Low Causal Evidence

Outcome Effectiveness:

Compensation and Workplace Conditions Wages and Benefits Minimum wage

346

MS Model Youth Transition Innovation; Youth Transition Process Demonstration Grant Final Summary

Doyle, Rebecca, Horton, Patty, Ladner, Lisa, & Mississippi Department of Rehabilitation Services (2009). MS Model Youth Transition Innovation; Youth Transition Process Demonstration Grant Final Summary.

  • Topic Area: Disability Employment Policy

Study Type: Descriptive Analysis

Outcome Effectiveness:

Disability insurance Supplemental security income (SSI) Vocational rehabilitation Supported employment or other employment supports

806

New Hope for families and children: Five-year results of a program to reduce poverty and reform welfare.

Huston, A., Miller, C., Richburg-Hayes, C., Duncan, G., Eldred, C., Weisner, T., Lowe, T., McLoyd, V., Crosby, D., Ripke, M., & Redcross, C., (2003). New Hope for families and children: Five-year results of a program to reduce poverty and reform welfare. New York: MDRC.

  • Topic Area: Low-Income Adults

Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis

Causal Evidence Rating: High Causal Evidence

Outcome Effectiveness:

Health insurance Other employment and reemployment

385

New ways to make people sSave: A social marketing approach

Lusardi, A., Keller, P. A, & Keller, A. M. (2009). New ways to make people sSave: A social marketing approach. National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper 14715. Cambridge, MA: NBER.

  • Topic Area: Behavioral Finance: Retirement

Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis

Causal Evidence Rating: Low Causal Evidence

Outcome Effectiveness:

Employer provided retirement benefits

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Nursing interventions to help prevent children from working on the streets

Mert, K., & Kadioglu, H. (2016). Nursing interventions to help prevent children from working on the streets. International Nursing Review 63, 429–436. doi:10.1111/inr.12301

  • Topic Area: Child Labor

Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis

Causal Evidence Rating: Low Causal Evidence

Outcome Effectiveness:

Child labor

1707

Occupational radon exposure and lung cancer mortality: Estimating intervention effects using the parametric G formula

Edwards, J. K., McGrath, L. J., Buckley, J. P., Schubauer-Berigan, M. K., Cole, S. R., & Richardson, D. B. (2014). Occupational radon exposure and lung cancer mortality: Estimating intervention effects using the parametric G formula. Epidemiology, 25(6), 829-834. https://doi.org/10.1097/ede.0000000000000164

  • Topic Area: Mine Workers and Mine Health and Safety

Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis

Causal Evidence Rating: Moderate Causal Evidence

Outcome Effectiveness:

Mine safety and health Workplace injury

393

Optimal defaults and active decisions

Carroll, G., Choi, J., Laibson, D., Madrian, B., & Metrick, A. (2009). Optimal defaults and active decisions. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 124(4).

  • Topic Area: Behavioral Finance: Retirement

Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis

Causal Evidence Rating: Low Causal Evidence

Outcome Effectiveness:

Employer provided retirement benefits

351

Participation in Programs Designed to Improve Employment Outcomes for Persons with Psychiatric Disabilities: Evidence from the New York WORKS Demonstration Project

Ruiz-Quintanilla, Antonio S., Weathers II, Robert R., Melburg, Valerie, Campbell, Kimberly, & Madi, Nawaf. (2005). Participation in Programs Designed to Improve Employment Outcomes for Persons with Psychiatric Disabilities: Evidence from the New York WORKS Demonstration Project. Social Security Bulletin, 66(2), 49–79.

  • Topic Area: Disability Employment Policy

Study Type: Descriptive Analysis

Outcome Effectiveness:

Disability insurance Supplemental security income (SSI)

491

Paying for persistence: Early results of a Louisiana scholarship program for low-income parents attending community college

Brock, T., & Richburg-Hayes, L. (2006). Paying for persistence: Early results of a Louisiana scholarship program for low-income parents attending community college. New York: MDRC.

  • Topic Area: Community College

Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis

Causal Evidence Rating: High Causal Evidence

Outcome Effectiveness:

Community college education and other classroom training Tuition assistance

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Pennsylvania Certified Peer Specialist Initiative: Training, employment and work satisfaction outcomes.

Salzer, M. S., Katz, J., Kidwell, B., Federici, M., & Ward-Colasante, C. (2009). Pennsylvania Certified Peer Specialist Initiative: Training, employment and work satisfaction outcomes. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 32(4), 301-305.

  • Topic Area: Registered Apprenticeship and Work-Based Learning

Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis

Causal Evidence Rating: Low Causal Evidence

Outcome Effectiveness:

Substance abuse recovery Other training and education