National Job Corps Study - The Impacts of Job Corps on Participants' Employment and Related Outcomes - Methodological Appendixes on the Impact Analysis

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A national study used random assignment of all eligible youth to a Job Corps program or a control group to measure Job Corps effects on employment and related outcomes. Participants were nationwide youth who applied for enrollment between November 16, 1994, and December 17, 1995. The report evaluates employability gains for disadvantaged participants, examines impacts across different baseline characteristics, and compares residential versus nonresidential components. Results after four years show improved educational attainment, positive employment and earnings effects, reduced criminal justice involvement, and limited health and public assistance benefits, with no illegal drug, fertility, or custodial-responsibility effects.

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Document Overview

Study Purpose and Design

Sample and Eligibility Window

Research Questions

Main Findings After Four Years

Methodology and Supporting Materials

ED 457358 AUTHOR TITLE INSTITUTION SPONS AGENCY PUB DATE NOTE CONTRACT AVAILABLE FROM PUB TYPE EDRS PRICE DESCRIPTORS IDENTIFIERS ABSTRACT DOCUMENT RESUME Schochet,Peter Z.;Burghardt,John;Glazerman,StevenNational Job Corps Study:The Impacts of Job Corps onParticipants'Employment and Related Outcomes [and]Methodological Appendixes on the Impact Analysis.Mathematica Policy Research,Washington,DC.;BattelleMemorial Inst.,Seattle,WA.;Decision InformationResources,Inc.,Houston,TX. Employment and Training Administration(DOL),Washington,DC.Office of Policy and Research.2001-06-00 612p.;MPR Reference No.8140-530.For a previous Job CorpsStudy,see ED 448345.K-42793-00-80-30For full text: http://wdr.doleta.gov/opr/fulltext/document.asp?docn=6155(Report)and http://wdr.doleta.gov/opr/fulltext/document.asp?docn=6156(Appendixes). Reports -Evaluative(142)MF03/PC25 Plus Postage. Adolescents;Cost Effectiveness;Crime;Crime Prevention;*Disadvantaged;*Employment Programs;Evaluation Methods;*Federal Programs;Job Placement;*Job Training;JuvenileCourts;*Outcomes of Education;*Program Effectiveness;Program Evaluation;Research Methodology;ValidatedPrograms;Young Adults;Youth EmploymentImpact Studies;*Job Corps A study involving random assignment of all youth eligiblefor Job Corps to either a Job Corps program or to a control group wasconducted to assess the impact of Job Corps on key participant outcomes.Participants in the study were nationwide youth eligible for Job Corps whoapplied for enrollment for the first time between November 16,1994,andDecember 17,1995.The study sought to determine the following:(1)howeffectively Job Corps improves the employability of disadvantaged participants,(2)whether Job Corps impacts differ for youths with differentbaseline characteristics,and(3)how effective the residential andnonresidential components of Job Corp are.Findings over the first 4 yearsafter random assignment include the following:(1)Job Corps providedextensive education,training,and other services to the program group andimproved their educational attainment;(2)Job Corps generated positiveemployment and earnings impacts by the beginning of the third year afterrandom assignment and the impacts persisted through the fourth year;(3)employment and earnings gains were found broadly across most subgroups ofstudents;(4)the resident and nonresidential programs were each effectivefor the youths they served;(5)Job Corps significantly reduced youths'involvement with the criminal justice system;(6)Job Corps had smallbeneficial impacts on the receipt of public assistance and self-assessedhealth status,but no impacts on illegal drug use;and(7)Job Corps had noimpacts on fertility or custodial responsibility,but it slightly promotedindependent living and mobility.(The report include numerous tables and Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be madefrom the original document. charts,31 references,and five appendixes concerning the study methodology.)(KC) | Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made
from the original document. | | --- | ED 457 358 Steven Glazerman 200 Constitution Ave.,NW Daniel Ryan John Burghardt Principal Investigators:Terry JohnsonCharles MetcalfPeter Z.Schochet ERIC # National Job CorpsStudy:The Impacts ofJob Corps onParticipants'Employment and ReRelatedOutcomes □ Minor changes have been made toimprove reproduction quality. Peter Z.Schochet John Burghardt Mathematica Policy Research,Inc.(Prime Contractor)P.O.Box 2393 U.S.Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration Office of Policy and Research Room N-5637 Washington,DC 20210 In conjunction with: 2BESTCOPYAVAILABLE June 2001 U.S.DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONOffice of Educational Research and ImprovementEDUCATIONALRESOURCES INFORMATIONCENTER(ERIC) This document has been reproduced asreceived from the person or organizationoriginating it. ·Points of view or opini

FAQs

How was the Job Corps impact study designed?

The study randomly assigned all eligible youth to either Job Corps or a control group to assess impacts on key participant outcomes.

What time window defines when participants applied for enrollment?

Participants applied for enrollment for the first time between November 16, 1994, and December 17, 1995.

What major outcomes improved for the program group?

Job Corps improved educational attainment and produced positive employment and earnings impacts that persisted through the fourth year.

Did Job Corps reduce criminal justice involvement, illegal drug use, or affect fertility?

Job Corps significantly reduced youths' involvement with the criminal justice system. It had no impacts on illegal drug use, and it had no impacts on fertility or custodial responsibility.

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