Evaluating the Vocational Rehabilitation Program Using Longitudinal Data

David H. Dean, Robert C. Dolan and Robert M. Schmidt
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David H. Dean: University of Richmond
Robert C. Dolan: University of Richmond
Robert M. Schmidt: University of Richmond

Evaluation Review, 1999, vol. 23, issue 2, 162-189

Abstract: The study presents benefit-cost ratios for 14 disability cohorts served by the Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) Program. The earnings impacts are estimated in a quasiexperimental framework using an internal comparison group. The earnings data are from a unique national panel constructed by linking client data of the Rehabilitative Services Administration with earnings histories from the Social Security Administration. These earnings data accommodate a series of statistical tests that allow us to identify and control for the presence of selection bias when estimating treatment impacts. The results indicate that the VR program is cost-effective in general, although not universally so across specific disabilities.

Date: 1999
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DOI: 10.1177/0193841X9902300203

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