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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.
Choi, S. (2012). Income tax and older American workers’ job transition into self-employment. Korea and the World Economy, 13(2), 189-214.
Topic Area: Older Workers
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness:Gutierrez, I. A. (2016). Job insecurity, unemployment insurance and on-the-job search. Evidence from older American workers. Labour Economics, 41, 228-245. doi:10.1016/j.labeco.2016.05.011
Topic Area: Older Workers
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness:- Quinby, L., D. & Wettstein, G. (2019). Do pension cuts for current employees increase separation? Center for Retirement Research at Boston College.
Topic Area: Older Workers
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness: - Gustman, A. L., Steinmeier, T. L., & Tabatabai, N. (2019). The Affordable Care Act as retiree health insurance: Implications for retirement and Social Security claiming. Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, 18(3), 415-449.
Topic Area: Older Workers
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
- Abraham, J. M., Royalty, A. B., & Drake, C. (2019). The impact of Medicaid expansion on employer provision of health insurance. International Journal of Health Economics and Management, 19, 317-340.
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Ben-Shalom, Yonatan, and Stapleton, David. (2013). Trends in the Composition and Outcomes of Young Social Security Disability Awardees. Michigan Retirement Research Center (MRRC) working paper, WP 2013-284. Retrieved from http://www.mrrc.isr.umich.edu/publications/papers/pdf/wp284.pdf.
Topic Area: Disability Employment Policy
Study Type: Descriptive Analysis
Viscusi, W. (1979). The impact of Occupational Safety and Health regulation. The Bell Journal of Economics, 10(1), 117–140.
Topic Area: OSHA Enforcement
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness:Hollenbeck, K., Schroeder, D., King, C., & Huang, W. (2005). Net impact estimates for services provided through the Workforce Investment Act. ETA Occasional Paper 2005-06. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration. [WIA Adult]
Topic Area: Registered Apprenticeship and Work-Based Learning
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness:Hollenbeck, K., & Huang, W.-J. (2008). Workforce program performance indicators for the Commonwealth of Virginia. (Upjohn Institute Technical Report No. 08-024). Kalamazoo, MI: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. [TAA]
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness:
