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Synthesis Report: Registered Apprenticeship and Work-Based Learning Synthesis

Topic Area: Registered Apprenticeship and Work-Based Learning
Findings:
Sectoral training and employment programs that offered specific pathways for occupational training and other career supports improved education and training outcomes, and some improved employment or earnings.

Subsidized and transitional employment improved employment and earnings in the short term.

Registered Apprenticeship (RA) improved employment and earnings, but the evidence base is small.

WIA training services had more favorable impacts on employment and earnings outcomes in the long term than in the short term, though these outcomes were mixed overall.
Tags: Health and Safety Employment and Training Services Employer Services Employer engagement programs Employment and Reemployment Workforce Investment Act (WIA)/Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Youth programs Training and Education Basic skills Capacity building programs Company required training Community college education and other classroom training Other training and education Registered apprenticeship
A promising start: Initial impacts of Year Up on low-income young adults’ careers.
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

Causal Evidence Rating: Low Causal Evidence
Outcome Effectiveness:
- Earnings and wages-Low-Mixed impacts
  
  Earnings and wages
- Education and skills gains-Low-Favorable impacts
  
  Education and skills gains
- Employment-Low-No impacts
  
  Employment
Tags: Mentoring Work based and other occupational training Youth programs
Gasper, J., & Henderson, K. (2014). Sector-focused career centers evaluation: Effects on employment and earnings after one year.
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

Causal Evidence Rating: Low Causal Evidence
Tags: Job search assistance and supportive services Other employment and reemployment
Tuning in to local labor markets: Findings from the Sectoral Employment impact study
Maguire, S., Freely, J., Clymer, C., Conway, M., & Schwartz, D. (2010). Tuning in to local labor markets: Findings from the Sectoral Employment impact study. Philadelphia, PA: Public/Private Ventures. [JVS-Boston]

Topic Area: Registered Apprenticeship and Work-Based Learning

Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis

Causal Evidence Rating: Low Causal Evidence
Tags: Job search assistance and supportive services Other training and education
The Employment Retention and Advancement project: Findings for the Cleveland Achieve model: Implementation and early impacts of an employer-based approach to encourage employment retention among low-wage workers
Miller, C., Martin, V., Hamilton, G., Cates, L., and Deitch, V. (2008). The Employment Retention and Advancement project: Findings for the Cleveland Achieve model: Implementation and early impacts of an employer-based approach to encourage employment retention among low-wage workers. Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Topic Area: Low-Income Adults

Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis

Causal Evidence Rating: High Causal Evidence
Outcome Effectiveness:
- Earnings and wages-Mod/high-No impacts
  
  Earnings and wages
- Employment-Mod/high-No impacts
  
  Employment
Tags: Other employment and reemployment Unemployment Insurance
Reengaging dropouts: Lessons from the implementation of the Los Angeles Reconnections Career Academy (LARCA) program
Geckeler, C., Betesh, H., Chavoya-Perez, V., Mitnick, D., & Paprocki, A. (2015). Reengaging dropouts: Lessons from the implementation of the Los Angeles Reconnections Career Academy (LARCA) program. Oakland, CA: Social Policy Research Associates.

Topic Area: Low-Income Adults, Opportunities for Youth

Study Type: Implementation Analysis

Tags: Employment and Reemployment