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Synthesis Report: Research Synthesis: Opportunities for Youth
Topic Area: Opportunities for Youth
Findings:
Successful programs often involved a substantial time commitment from participating youth.
Many successful programs involved a job placement component or job search assistance.
Positive impacts tended to be realized in the short term and fade over time.
More information is needed on the replicability of some programs.
- Cook, J. A., Burke-Miller, J. K., & Roessel, E. (2016). Long-term effects of evidence-based supported employment on earnings and on SSI and SSDI participation among individuals with psychiatric disabilities. American Journal of Psychiatry, 173(10), 1007-1014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2016.15101359
Topic Area: Disability Employment Policy
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
- Fetsch, R.J. & Turk, P. (2018). A quantitative assessment of the effectiveness of USDA's AgrAbility project. Disability and Health Journal, 11(2), 249-255. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dhjo.2017.10.004
Topic Area: Disability Employment Policy
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness:- Health and safety-Low-Favorable impactsHealth and safety
Markussen, S., Røed, K., & Schreiner, R. C. (2015). Can compulsory dialogues nudge sick-listed workers back to work? (IZA Discussion Paper No. 9090). Bonn, Germany: Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).
Topic Area: Behavioral Insights
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness:- Earnings and wages-Low-Favorable impactsEarnings and wages
- Public benefits receipt-Low-Favorable impactsPublic benefit receipt
- Ferguson, K. M. (2018). Employment outcomes from a randomized controlled trial of two employment interventions with homeless youth. Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research, 9(1), 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1086/696372
Topic Area: Disability Employment Policy
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness:- Earnings and wages-Mod/high-No impactsEarnings and wages
- Employment-Mod/high-No impactsEmployment
- 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
- Torres, A., Frain, M., & Tansey, T. N. (2019). The impact of motivational interviewing training on rehabilitation counselors: Assessing working alliance and client engagement. A randomized controlled trial. Rehabilitation Psychology, 64(3), 328-338.
Topic Area: Disability Employment Policy
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
- Kukla, M., Salyers, M. P., Strasburger, A. M., Johnson-Kwochka, A., Amador, E., & Lysaker, P. H. (2019). Work-focused cognitive behavioral therapy to complement vocational services for people with mental illness: Pilot study outcomes across a 6-month posttreatment follow-up. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 42(4), 366-371.
Topic Area: Disability Employment Policy
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
- Michaelides, M., & Davis, S. (2020). From unemployment to self-employment: The role of entrepreneurship training. IZA Journal of Labor Policy, 10(18), 1-35. https://sciendo.com/article/10.2478/izajolp-2020-0018 [Virginia]
Topic Area: Entrepreneurship and Self-Employment
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness:- Earnings and wages-Mod/high-No impactsEarnings and wages
- Employment-Mod/high-No impactsEmployment