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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.
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: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 (Unpublished doctoral dissertation).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:- Copson, E., Kappil, T., Gardiner, K., Clarkwest, A., Engle, H., Trutko, A., Trutko, J., Glosser, A., Webster, R., Kuehn, D., Lerman, R., & Shakesprere, J. (2021). Implementing registered apprenticeship programs: Experiences of 10 American Apprenticeship Initiative grantees. Report prepared for the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration. Rockville, MD: Abt Associates.
Topic Area: Registered Apprenticeship and Work-Based Learning
Study Type: Implementation Analysis
- Deng, S. (2019). Did Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act reduce the likelihood that people report employment status changes due to health, U.S., 2009-2017. (Doctoral dissertation).
Topic Area: Low-Income Adults
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Hendra, R., Dillman, K-N., Hamilton, G., Lundquist, E., Martinson, K., Wavelet, M., Hill, A., & Williams, S. (2010). The Employment Retention and Advancement project: How effective are different approaches aiming to increase employment retention and advancement? Final impacts for twelve models. Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families. [TAAG—Medford]
Topic Area: Low-Income Adults
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness:Hendra, R., Dillman, K-N., Hamilton, G., Lundquist, E., Martinson, K., Wavelet, M., Hill, A., & Williams, S. (2010). The Employment Retention and Advancement project: How effective are different approaches aiming to increase employment retention and advancement? Final impacts for twelve models. Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families. [PROGRESS—Eugene]
Topic Area: Low-Income Adults
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness:- Fein, D., Beecroft, E., Long, D., & Catalfamo, A. (2000). College as a job advancement strategy: An early report of the New Visions Self-Sufficiency and Lifelong Learning Project. Bethesda, MD: Abt Associates Inc.
Topic Area: Low-Income Adults
Study Type: Implementation Analysis
- Ku, H. (2019). The effect of wage subsidies on piece rate workers: Evidence from the penny per pound program in Florida. Journal of Development Economics, 139, 122–134. doi:10.1016/j.jdeveco.2019.03.005
Topic Area: Low-Income Adults
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness: Almeida, R., & Carneiro, P. (2008). The return to firm investments in human capital. World Bank Social Protection and Labor Discussion Paper No. 0822.
Topic Area: Low-Income Adults
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
