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Blundell, Richard; Dias, Monica Costa – Journal of Human Resources, 2009
This paper reviews some of the most popular policy evaluation methods in empirical microeconomics: social experiments, natural experiments, matching, instrumental variables, discontinuity design, and control functions. It discusses identification of traditionally used average parameters and more complex distributional parameters. The adequacy,…
Descriptors: Policy Analysis, Microeconomics, Computation, Simulation
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Gay, Robert S.; Borus, Michael E. – Journal of Human Resources, 1980
Performance indicators presently being used by CETA and the Labor Department, which are primarily constructed from placement data, provide no useful information for judging relative program effectiveness. Other indicators, particularly changes in weeks in the labor force, weeks employed, and wage rates, though not perfect, are correlated much more…
Descriptors: Employment Programs, Employment Statistics, Performance Factors, Program Effectiveness
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Friedlander, Daniel; Hamilton, Gayle – Journal of Human Resources, 1996
A 5-year study of the Saturation Work Initiative Model (2290 participants, 2260 controls), which requires welfare recipients to work, showed that it increased employment and reduced welfare payments. However, income from increased employment did not offset the loss in welfare income. (SK)
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Employment Programs, Income, Welfare Recipients
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Bell, Stephen H.; Orr, Larry L. – Journal of Human Resources, 1994
Subsidized employment had substantial and long-lived effects on earnings and welfare benefits in a study of more than 9,000 welfare recipients 3 years after program entry. Although not always cost effective for taxpayers, subsidized employment had positive net benefits for participants and society. (SK)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Demonstration Programs, Employment Programs, Job Training
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Carcagno, George J.; And Others – Journal of Human Resources, 1982
This paper presents the results of an experiment in which private employment agencies were used to place public assistance clients in jobs. Contains brief descriptions of the experiment and the AFDC clients who participated in it. Key experimental findings are outlined and policy implications are discussed. (CT)
Descriptors: Employment Programs, Employment Services, Job Placement, Job Search Methods
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Barnow, Burt S. – Journal of Human Resources, 1987
Reviews and assesses evaluations of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) programs. Most studies found that the programs raised earnings by $200 to $600 annually. Compares studies, indicating differences in methodology and how these differences affected the estimated impact, and provides implications for policy and recommendations…
Descriptors: Employment Programs, Program Evaluation, Public Policy, Research Methodology
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Bloom, Howard S. – Journal of Human Resources, 1984
Examines how the autoregressive earnings model developed by Ashenfelter to evaluate job-training programs can produce badly biased estimates of the magnitude and temporal pattern of program effects. Finds that the decay in Ashenfelter's estimated training effect for men was produced by a time-varying bias in his model, and presents a new, more…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Employment Programs, Job Training, Longitudinal Studies
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Pepper, John V. – Journal of Human Resources, 2003
Data from experimental evaluations of four state welfare-to-work programs were combined with information on the selection process in order to determine the efficacy of social programs in light of performance standards. Data suggest that either the federal requirements cannot be met or that standards can only be met under special circumstances.…
Descriptors: Eligibility, Employment Programs, Experiments, Federal Regulation
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Greenberg, David H. – Journal of Human Resources, 1997
Develops a method for reassessing earnings benefits from employment and training programs to include costs of lost leisure. Suggests that ignoring lost leisure favors programs that emphasize job search or work requirements over investments in human capital. (SK)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Educational Status Comparison, Employment Programs, Job Training
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Borus, Michael E.; And Others – Journal of Human Resources, 1976
The evaluation is presented with particular attention on the employer contact specialist (ECS) component which provides assistance before, during, and after the ex-offender's employment. The evaluation concludes that the job placement services of COMP was a failure. (EC)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Employment Problems, Employment Programs, Evaluation Methods
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Cavin, Edward; Maynard, Rebecca – Journal of Human Resources, 1985
This article assesses the usefulness of short-term program performance data in judging the relative effectiveness of Supported Work and in targeting program resources to those most likely to benefit from them. The results reveal evidence of significant negative impacts for youth who left the program for negative reasons. (Author/CT)
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Dropout Rate
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Bloom, Howard S.; And Others – Journal of Human Resources, 1997
A large-scale study of the effects of the Job Training Partnership Act Title II-A program (n=21,000) showed modest positive earnings impacts for adults and cost-effective returns for society. However, net benefits for out-of-school youth and for society were negative. (SK)
Descriptors: Adults, Cost Effectiveness, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Attainment
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Schiller, Bradley R. – Journal of Human Resources, 1978
Evaluation of the Work Incentive Program (WIN) indicates that this employment and supportive services program has been very effective in serving welfare recipients with poor work histories on a cost-effective basis. Subsidized public employment is particularly effective in increasing employment and earnings. (MF)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Employment Programs, Employment Services, Federal Programs
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Baumer, Donald C.; And Others – Journal of Human Resources, 1979
Describes and analyzes benefits distribution to particpants in Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) programs using data from a three-year study in thirty-two research sites. Identifies factors (for example, economic conditions, program design, and administrator attitudes) that were found to influence service patterns. (Author/CSS)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Programs, Eligibility