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Synthesis Report: Older Workers Synthesis
Topic Area: Older Workers
Findings:
Although most workforce programs serve older workers, few specifically focus on this population, and research has not evaluated these programs’ impacts.
Studies that examined the impact of broader workforce programs, such as the Workforce Investment Act Dislocated Worker program, did not focus on older workers.
Early retirement among older workers was found to be lower in firms that allow flexible work schedules.
Changes to the Social Security retirement benefits appear to have been able to influence older workers’ decisions regarding whether to stay in the labor force.
Changes in health insurance provision have mixed or small impacts on older workers’ employment outcomes.
Synthesis Report: Reemployment Synthesis
Topic Area: Reemployment
Findings:
The majority of reemployment interventions reduced weeks of benefit receipt and amount of benefits paid.
The reemployment interventions had varying degrees of effectiveness.
The Reemployment and Eligibility Assistance (REA) program boosted short-and long-term employment and earnings.
Job search assistance (JSA) services had favorable impacts on all outcomes examined, but employment and earnings impacts varied over time.
Reemployment bonuses appear to work in the short term, but their long-term effects are not known.
Lighter-touch interventions, such as profiling and changing employer contact requirements,yield more limited benefits.
Watrus, B., & Fercho, H. (2015). Oregon Credentials, Acceleration and Support for Employment (CASE) evaluation report: Results, key issues and implications for policy, practice and systems. Retrieved from https://www.roguecc.edu/Programs/CareerPathways/pdf/CASE%20final%20evaluation%20report_Final.pdf
Topic Area: Community College
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness:- Education and skills gains-Low-No impactsEducation and skills gains
- Employment-Low-No impactsEmployment
- Jung, H., & LaLonde, R. J. (2019). Prison work-release programs and incarcerated women's labor market outcomes. Prison Journal, 99(5), 535-558.
Topic Area: Reentry
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
- Mueller, L., Wolfe, W., Neylan, T.C., McCaslin, S.E., Yehuda, R., Flory, J.D., Kyriakides, T.C., Toscano, R., & Davis. L.L. (2019). Positive impact of IPS supported employment on PTSD-related occupational-psychosocial functional outcomes: Results from a VA randomized-controlled trial. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal., 42(3), 246-256.
Topic Area: Disability Employment Policy, Veterans
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
- Farrell, M., and Webster, R. (2019). Implementation and early impacts of the Minnesota subsidized and transitional employment demonstration. OPRE Report 2019-68. Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Topic Area: Apprenticeship and Work-Based Training, Low-Income Adults
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
- Baird, M. D., Engberg, J., Gonzalez, G. C., Goughnour, T., Gutierrez, I. A., & Karam, R. (2019). Effectiveness of screened, demand-driven job training programs for disadvantaged workers: An evaluation of the New Orleans career pathway training. RAND.
Topic Area: Community College, Low-Income Adults
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
- Foster, A. L., Chen, R. K., Reed, B. J., Miller, E., & Carlson, R. (2019). Exploring the effectiveness of a prevocational seminar on self-efficacy and work motivation among adults residing in an inpatient mental health facility. Journal of Rehabilitation, 85(2), 4-12.
Topic Area: Disability Employment Policy
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Klerman, J. A., Saunders, C., Dastrup, E., Epstein, Z., Walton, D., Adam, T., & Barnow, B. S. (2019). Evaluation of impacts of the Reemployment and Eligibility Assessment (REA) Program: Final report. Cambridge, MA: Abt Associates. [Comparison between existing REA services group and control group]
Topic Area: Reemployment
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness:- Earnings and wages-Mod/high-Favorable impactsEarnings and wages
- Employment-Mod/high-Favorable impactsEmployment
- Public benefits receipt-Mod/high-Favorable impactsPublic benefit receipt
Klerman, J. A., Saunders, C., Dastrup, E., Epstein, Z., Walton, D., Adam, T., & Barnow, B. S. (2019). Evaluation of impacts of the Reemployment and Eligibility Assessment (REA) Program: Final report. Cambridge, MA: Abt Associates. [Comparison between partial REA treatment group and control group]
Topic Area: Reemployment
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness:- Employment-Mod/high-No impactsEmployment
- Public benefits receipt-Mod/high-Favorable impactsPublic benefit receipt