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Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
The study’s objective was to examine the impact of the Community and Technical College (CTC) Worker Retraining (WR) program on employment, earnings, and benefit receipt of long-term unemployed and…Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
The study's objective was to examine the impact of the risk control (RC) intervention on public benefits receipt, including workers’ compensation claim rate, workers’ compensation lost-time claim…Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
The study’s objective was to examine the impact of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on the probability of retirement, expected age of retirement, and expected age of claiming Social Security…Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
The study’s objective was to examine the impact of the 1983 Social Security reforms on employment status, hours worked, and receipt of disability benefits. The author used a difference…Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
The study's objective was to examine the impact of Transitional Community Jobs (TCJ) on employment, earnings, and public benefit receipt outcomes. The study used a nonexperimental comparison group…Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
The study’s objective was to examine the impact of earnings disregards—the amount of earned income that is not counted when calculating whether someone is eligible for public benefits—for welfare…Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
The study’s objective was to examine the impact of the Substance Abuse Case Management (SACM) program on employment, earnings, and public assistance receipt after two years. The authors attempted to…Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
The study’s objective was to examine the impact of the Family Independence Initiative (FII) on education, earnings, employment, and public benefit receipt outcomes of low-income adults. The authors…Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
The study’s objective was to examine the impact of a violent prisoner reentry program, the Serious and Violent Offender Reentry Initiative (SVORI), on several outcomes of female prisoners reentering…Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
The study examined the impacts of the Significant Improvement Demonstration Grants—awarded to 11 states to improve reemployment services for Unemployment Insurance (UI) claimants—on weeks of UI…
CLEAR Icon Key
Below is a key for icons used to indicate important details about a study, such as its type, evidence rating, and outcome findings.
High Causal Evidence
Strong evidence the effects are caused by the examined intervention.
Moderate Causal Evidence
Evidence that the effects are caused to some degree by the examined intervention.
Low Causal Evidence
Little evidence that the effects are caused by the examined intervention.
Causal Impact Analysis
Uses quantitative methods to assess the effectiveness of a program, policy, or intervention.
Descriptive Analysis
Describes a program, policy, or intervention using qualitative or quantitative methods.
Implementation Analysis
Examines the implementation of a program, policy, or intervention.
Favorable
The study found at least one favorable impact in the outcome domain, and no unfavorable impacts.
Mixed
The study found some favorable and some unfavorable impacts in the outcome domain.
None
The study found no statistically significant impacts in the outcome domain.
Unfavorable
The study found at least one unfavorable impact in the outcome domain, and no favorable impacts.
Not applicable
Not applicable because no outcomes were examined in the outcome domain.
Favorable - low evidence
The study found at least one favorable impact in the outcome domain, and no unfavorable impacts. The study received a low causal evidence ratings so these findings should be interpreted with caution.
Mixed - low evidence
The study found some favorable and some unfavorable impacts in the outcome domain. The study received a low causal evidence ratings so these findings should be interpreted with caution.
None - low evidence
The study found no statistically significant impacts in the outcome domain. The study received a low causal evidence ratings so these findings should be interpreted with caution.
Unfavorable - low evidence
The study found at least one unfavorable impact in the outcome domain, and no favorable impacts. The study received a low causal evidence ratings so these findings should be interpreted with caution.