Does Job Corps Work? Impact Findings from the National Job Corps Study

Peter Z. Schochet, John Burghardt and Sheena McConnell

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Abstract: This paper presents findings from an experimental evaluation of Job Corps, the nation’s largest training program for disadvantaged youths. The study used survey data collected over four years, as well as tax data collected over nine years, for a nationwide sample of 15,400 treatments and controls.

Keywords: Job Corps; Disadvantaged Youths; Youth Employment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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