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Do Public Employment and Training Programs Work?

Year: 2013

Type: article

Abstract: We estimate impacts on earnings and employment of the two primary adult workforce support and training programs under the U.S. Workforce Investment Act (WIA) using administrative data on 160,000 participants from 12 states for up to four years following program entry. We find that participants in the WIA Adult program, who typically enter with poor work histories, realize improved employment levels and increased average quarterly earnings of several hundred dollars. Earnings gains for Dislocated Worker program participants are appreciably smaller, although these participants do experience employment gains. JEL codes I38, J08, J24

Source: IZA Journal of Labor Economics

DOI: 10.1186/2193-8997-2-6

Authors: Carolyn J Heinrich, Peter R Mueser, Kenneth R Troske, Kyung-Seong Jeon, Daver C Kahvecioglu

Institutions: The University of Texas at Austin, Impaq International (United States), University of Missouri, University of Kentucky, American Institutes for Research

Language: English

Topic: Labor market dynamics and wage inequality

Subfield: Economics and Econometrics

Field: Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Decent work and economic growth, No poverty, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $1,535