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Roder, A., & Elliott, M. (2011). A promising start: Initial impacts of Year Up on low-income young adults' careers. Economic Mobility Corporation.
Topic Area: Opportunities for Youth
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness:- Earnings and wages-Low-Mixed impactsEarnings and wages
- Education and skills gains-Low-Favorable impactsEducation and skills gains
- Employment-Low-No impactsEmployment
Gasper, J., & Henderson, K. (2014). Sector-focused career centers evaluation: Effects on employment and earnings after one year. New York: New York City Center for Economic Opportunity. Retrieved from http://www.nyc.gov/html/ceo/downloads/pdf/CEO-Sector_Based_Approaches_Evaluation_Report-2014_final.pdf.
Topic Area: Low-Income Adults
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Martinez, J., Azurdia, G., Bloom, D., and Miller, C. (2009). The Employment Retention and Advancement project: Results from the Substance Abuse Case Management program in New York City. New York: MDRC.
Topic Area: Low-Income Adults
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Wilson-Brewster, V.L. (2006). A comparison of two Welfare-to-Work strategies among African American women in Atlanta, Georgia. (Unpublished doctoral dissertation). Capella University, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Topic Area: Low-Income Adults
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness:- Earnings and wages-Low-Favorable impactsEarnings and wages
- Employment-Low-Favorable impactsEmployment
Crumpton, J. A. (2019). WIOA impacts on community college student success (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI No. 13861007).
Topic Area: Community College
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness:- Education and skills gains-Low-Favorable impactsEducation and skills gains
Crumpton, J. A. (2019). WIOA impacts on community college student success (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI No. 13861007).
Topic Area: Community College
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness:- Education and skills gains-Low-Favorable impactsEducation and skills gains
Butler, D., Alson, J., Bloom, D., Deitch, V., Hill, A., Hsueh, J., Jacobs, E., Kim, S., McRoberts, R., & Redcross, C. (2012). What strategies work for the hard-to-employ? Final results of the hard-to-employ demonstration and evaluation project and selected sites from the Employment Retention and Advancement project. (OPRE Report 2012-08.) Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. [NYC SACM]
Topic Area: Low-Income Adults
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness:- Earnings and wages-Low-No impactsEarnings and wages
- Employment-Low-No impactsEmployment
- Public benefits receipt-Low-No impactsPublic benefit receipt
- Karlan, D., Nelson, S., Shafir, E., & Zinman, J. (2012). Super savers? A randomized evaluation of commitment savings and financial counseling in New York City. New Haven, CT: Innovations in Poverty Action. [Financial Counseling vs. Control]
Topic Area: Financial Literacy
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness:- Knowledge and skills for money management-Low-No impactsKnowledge and skills for money management
- Karlan, D., Nelson, S., Shafir, E., & Zinman, J. (2012). Super savers? A randomized evaluation of commitment savings and financial counseling in New York City. New Haven, CT: Innovations in Poverty Action. [Super Savers vs. Control]
Topic Area: Financial Literacy
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness:- Knowledge and skills for financial decision making-Low-No impactsKnowledge and skills for financial decision making
- Rynell, A. & Beachy-Quick, K. (2003). Transitional Community Jobs, Chicago, Illinois: A summary report of the program and its outcomes. Chicago, IL: Catholic Charities and Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights.
Topic Area: Low-Income Adults
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness:- Earnings and wages-Low-No impactsEarnings and wages
- Employment-Low-Favorable impactsEmployment
- Public benefits receipt-Low-No impactsPublic benefit receipt