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9 Evidence of Programs Effectiveness From National Data Bases
Pages 175-182

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From page 175...
... . Both of these data bases involve relatively large samples -- more than 60,000 in the CLMS and more than 12,000 in the NLS -- that are drawn in a manner designed to permit generalizations, for CLMS, to the universe of participants in CETA programs, and, for NLS, to all American youths.
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From page 176...
... First, they are not targeted on specific programs, and so the estimates of aggregate program effects may lump together the effects of effective and ineffective programs. Second, the data bases (particularly CLMS)
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From page 177...
... The Urban Institute found the following: · Significant earnings losses for young men of all races and no significant effects for young women, with effects persisting into the second postprogram year. · For Public Service Employment and on-the-job training, significant positive net effects for young women, particularly .
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From page 178...
... The estimates made by both studies indicate relatively modest effects of employment and training programs on the subsequent income, employment status, and educational attainments of the youths who participated in those programs. For CETA programs, both studies find negative overall effects of CETA on employment, although PRG reports some positive effects at 2 years after CETA completion.
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From page 179...
... the extent to which employment and training programs recruit or attract participants who differ from eligible nonparticipants in ways that affect subsequent earnings, and (2) the extent to which such differences can be detected and controlled using available demographic or preprogram earnings data.
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From page 180...
... A key element of YEDPA's knowledge development strategy called for the establishment of a standardized system for the systematic collection of data on the progress of program participants and the services provided by YEDPA programs. The intent of YEDPA's data gathering was to provide a standardized data base with which to assess the performance of the various YEDPA demonstration projects.
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From page 181...
... In addition, our examination of the attitude and knowledge measurements in the SAS data base indicated that those measures had low levels of stability over time and that they were only weakly correlated with subsequent success in the job market. The problems evident in our examination of the SAS data collection effort invite the question of how this might be avoided in the future.
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  • knowledge development
  • labor force
  • service employment
  • population survey
  • true control

  • experimental design
  • matched comparison
  • selection bias
  • target sample
  • negative effects

  • work experience
  • youth programs
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  • urban institute
  • statistically insignificant

  • earnings data
  • studies using
  • preprogram earnings
  • adult women
  • using program


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