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Back to work: Testing reemployment services for displaced workers

Bloom, H. (1990). Back to work: Testing reemployment services for displaced workers. Kalamazoo, MI: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.

  • Topic Area: Job Search Assistance

  • Topic Area: Reemployment

Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis

Causal Evidence Rating: Moderate Causal Evidence

Outcome Effectiveness:

Job search assistance and supportive services Basic skills Community college education and other classroom training Work based and other occupational training

66

Barriers to employment for out-of-school youth: Evidence from a sample of recent CET applicants.

Miller, C., & Porter, K. (2005). Barriers to employment for out-of-school youth: Evidence from a sample of recent CET applicants. MDRC working paper. New York: MDRC.

  • Topic Area: Opportunities for Youth

Study Type: Descriptive Analysis

Outcome Effectiveness:

Basic skills Job search assistance and supportive services Other training and education Work based and other occupational training Youth programs

116

Beyond a summer work experience: The Recovery Act 2009 Post-Summer Youth Employment Initiative.

Holcomb, P., Ziegler, J., & Laird, E. (2011). Beyond a summer work experience: The Recovery Act 2009 Post-Summer Youth Employment Initiative. Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research.

  • Topic Area: Opportunities for Youth

Study Type: Implementation Analysis

Outcome Effectiveness:

Basic skills Job search assistance and supportive services Work based and other occupational training Youth programs

58

Career Academies: Impacts on labor market outcomes and educational attainment

Kemple, J. (2004). Career Academies: Impacts on labor market outcomes and educational attainment. New York: MDRC.

  • Topic Area: Career Academies

Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis

Causal Evidence Rating: High Causal Evidence

Outcome Effectiveness:

Youth programs Community college education and other classroom training Work based and other occupational training

212

Career Academies: Impacts on students’ engagement and performance in high school

Kemple, J., & Snipes, J. (2000). Career Academies: Impacts on students’ engagement and performance in high school. New York: MDRC.

  • Topic Area: Career Academies

Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis

Causal Evidence Rating: High Causal Evidence

Outcome Effectiveness:

Youth programs Community college education and other classroom training Work based and other occupational training

60

Career Academies: Impacts on students’ initial transitions to post-secondary education and employment.

Kemple, J. (2001). Career Academies: Impacts on students’ initial transitions to post-secondary education and employment. New York: MDRC

  • Topic Area: Career Academies

Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis

Causal Evidence Rating: High Causal Evidence

Outcome Effectiveness:

Youth programs Community college education and other classroom training Work based and other occupational training

61

Career Academies: Long-term impacts on labor market outcomes, educational attainment, and transitions to adulthood.

Kemple, J., & Willner, C. (2008). Career Academies: Long-term impacts on labor market outcomes, educational attainment, and transitions to adulthood. New York: MDRC.

  • Topic Area: Career Academies

Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis

Causal Evidence Rating: High Causal Evidence

Outcome Effectiveness:

Youth programs Community college education and other classroom training Work based and other occupational training

864

Does federally-funded job training work? Nonexperimental estimates of WIA training impacts using longitudinal data on workers and firms. [Dislocated Workers ONLY]

Andersson, F., Holzer, H. J., Lane, J. I., Rosenblum, D., & Smith, J. (2013). Does federally-funded job training work? Nonexperimental estimates of WIA training impacts using longitudinal data on workers and firms (Discussion paper no. 7621). Bonn, Germany: IZA. [Dislocated Workers ONLY]

Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis

Causal Evidence Rating: Moderate Causal Evidence

Outcome Effectiveness:

Adult and Dislocated Worker programs Work based and other occupational training Workforce Investment Act (WIA)/Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Workforce Investment Act (WIA)/Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) training programs

983

Does occupational training by the trade adjustment assistance program really help reemployment? Success measured as occupation matching.

Park, J. (2012). Does occupational training by the trade adjustment assistance program really help reemployment? Success measured as occupation matching. Review of International Economics, 20(5), 999-1016.

  • Topic Area: Apprenticeship and Work-Based Training

  • Topic Area: Job Search Assistance

Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis

Causal Evidence Rating: Low Causal Evidence

Outcome Effectiveness:

Community college education and other classroom training Work based and other occupational training

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Does trade adjustment assistance make a difference?

Reynolds, K. M., & Palatucci, J. S. (2012). Does trade adjustment assistance make a difference? Contemporary Economic Policy, 30(1), 43-59. [TAA versus no TAA]

  • Topic Area: Apprenticeship and Work-Based Training

Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis

Causal Evidence Rating: Low Causal Evidence

Outcome Effectiveness:

Adult and Dislocated Worker programs Job search assistance and supportive services Work based and other occupational training