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Return on investment analysis of a selected set of workforce system programs in Indiana. [WIA Adult]
Hollenbeck, K. (2009). Return on investment analysis of a selected set of workforce system programs in Indiana. Indianapolis, IN: Indiana Chamber of Commerce Foundation. [WIA Adult]
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness:- Earnings and wages-Low-Favorable impactsEarnings and wages
- Employment-Low-Favorable impactsEmployment
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. [Adults ONLY]
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness:- Earnings and wages-Mod/high-Favorable impactsEarnings and wages
- Employment-Mod/high-Favorable impactsEmployment
Levy, H., Buchmueller, T. C., & Nikpay, S. (2015). The effect of health reform on retirement (Research Paper 329). Ann Arbor, MI: Michigan Retirement Research Center.
Topic Area: Older Workers
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness:- Employment-Low-No impactsEmployment
Pathways for advancing careers and education: Cross program implementation and impact study findings
Gardiner, K., & Juras, R. (2019). Pathways for advancing careers and education: Cross program implementation and impact study findings (No. 2019-32). OPRE ReportTopic Area: Low-Income Adults
Study Type: Implementation Analysis
Leininger, L. J., & Kalil, A. (2008). Cognitive and non-cognitive predictors of success in adult education programs: Evidence from experimental data with low-income welfare recipients. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 27, 521-535. doi: 10.1002/pam.20357
Topic Area: Literacy, Low-Income Adults
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness:- Education and skills gains-Mod/high-Favorable impactsEducation and skills gains
Roder, A., & Elliott, M. (2014). Sustained gains: Year Up’s continued impacts on young adults’ earnings. New York: Economic Mobility Corporation.
Topic Area: Opportunities for Youth
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness:- Earnings and wages-Mod/high-Favorable impactsEarnings and wages
- Education and skills gains-Mod/high-No impactsEducation and skills gains
- Employment-Mod/high-Favorable impactsEmployment
Burt, M. (2007). Evaluation of LA’s HOPE: Ending chronic homelessness through employment and housing—Final report. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and U.S. Department of Labor.
Topic Area: Low-Income Adults
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
- Gooptu, A. (2019). Evaluations of minimum wage and health insurance reform policies. Indiana University (dissertation). [Chapter Two]
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
- Tufano, P., Flacke, T., & Maynard, N.W. (2010). Better financial decision making among low-income and minority groups (Financial Literacy Group Working Paper WR-795-SSA). Santa Monica, CA: Rand Financial Literacy Center. [Bite Club]
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
- Tufano, P., Flacke, T., & Maynard, N.W. (2010). Better financial decision making among low-income and minority groups (Financial Literacy Group Working Paper WR-795-SSA). Santa Monica, CA: Rand Financial Literacy Center. [Farm Blitz]
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