Bounds on Average and Quantile Treatment Effects of Job Corps Training on Wages

German Blanco (), Carlos A. Flores () and Alfonso Flores-Lagunes ()
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German Blanco: Illinois State University
Carlos A. Flores: California Polytechnic State University

No 6065, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: We assess the effectiveness of Job Corps (JC), the largest job training program targeting disadvantaged youth in the United States, by constructing nonparametric bounds for the average and quantile treatment effects of the program on wages. Our preferred estimates point toward convincing evidence of positive effects of JC on wages both at the mean and throughout the wage distribution. For the different demographic groups analyzed, the statistically significant estimated average effects are bounded between 4.6 and 12 percent, while the quantile treatment effects are bounded between 2.7 and 11.7 percent. Furthermore, we find that the program's effect on wages varies across quantiles and groups. Blacks likely experience larger impacts in the lower part of their wage distribution, while Whites likely experience larger impacts in the upper part of their distribution. Non-Hispanic Females show statistically significant impacts in the upper part of their distribution but not in the lower part.

Keywords: wages; bounds; quantile treatment effects; training programs (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C21 I38 J24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 57 pages
Date: 2011-10
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Published - published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2013, 48 (3), 659-701

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