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Hollenbeck, K., & Huang, W-J. (2006). Net impact and benefit-cost estimates of the workforce development system in Washington State. (Upjohn Institute technical report no. TR06-020). Kalamazoo, MI: W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. [WIA Dislocated Workers]
Topic Area: Apprenticeship and Work-Based Training
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness:- Earnings and wages-Low-Favorable impactsEarnings and wages
- Employment-Low-Favorable impactsEmployment
- Public benefits receipt-Low-Mixed impactsPublic benefit receipt
Hollenbeck, K., & Huang, W-J. (2014). Net impact and benefit-cost estimates of the workforce development system in Washington state. (Upjohn Institute Technical Report No. 13-029). Retrieved from W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research website: http://dx.doi.org/10.17848/tr13-029%20[WIA Dislocated Workers]
Topic Area: Apprenticeship and Work-Based Training
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness:- Earnings and wages-Low-Favorable impactsEarnings and wages
- Employment-Low-Favorable impactsEmployment
- Public benefits receipt-Low-Favorable impactsPublic benefit receipt
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. [Dislocated Worker Program ONLY]
Topic Area: Apprenticeship and Work-Based Training
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness:- Earnings and wages-Mod/high-Mixed impactsEarnings and wages
- Employment-Mod/high-Mixed impactsEmployment
Neumark, D., & Button, P. (2014). Did age discrimination protections help older workers weather the Great Recession? Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 33(4), 566-601. doi:10.1002/pam.21762
Topic Area: Older Workers
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness:- Employment-Mod/high-Unfavorable impactsEmployment
Walker, M. A. (2006). Workforce investment act services: Effect on dislocated worker reemployment (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses. Accession No. UMI 3244857. [Study 1: Contrast: WIA employment services vs. no service]
Topic Area: Apprenticeship and Work-Based Training
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness:- Earnings and wages-Low-No impactsEarnings and wages
- Employment-Low-Unfavorable impactsEmployment
Walker, M. A. (2006). Workforce investment act services: Effect on dislocated worker reemployment (Doctoral dissertation). Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses. Accession No. UMI 3244857. [Study 2: Contrast: WIA employment and training services vs. no service]
Topic Area: Apprenticeship and Work-Based Training
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness:- Earnings and wages-Low-No impactsEarnings and wages
- Employment-Low-Unfavorable impactsEmployment
- McLaughlin, J. S. (2020). Falling between the cracks: Discrimination laws and older women. Labour, 34(2), 215-238. https://doi.org/10.1111/labr.12175. [Federal ADEA comparison]
Topic Area: Employer Compliance
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness:- Employment-Mod/high-Favorable impactsEmployment
Reynolds, K.M., & Palatucci, J.S. (2012). Does trade adjustment assistance make a difference? Contemporary Economic Policy, 30(1), 43-59. doi:10.1111/j.1465-7287.2010.00247.x
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness:- Earnings and wages-Low-No impactsEarnings and wages
- Employment-Low-No impactsEmployment
McConnell, S., Stuart, E., Fortson, K., Decker, P., Perez-Johnson, I., Harris, B., & Salzman, J. (2006). Managing customers’ training choices: Findings from the Individual Training Account experiment. Final report, Series: ETAOP 2007-01. Washington, DC: Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor.
Topic Area: Low-Income Adults
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
- Training-Mod/high-Favorable impactsTraining
- McLaughlin, J. S. (2020). Falling between the cracks: Discrimination laws and older women. Labour, 34(2), 215-238. https://doi.org/10.1111/labr.12175 [State age discrimination laws comparison]
Topic Area: Employer Compliance
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness:- Employment-Mod/high-Favorable impactsEmployment