Newly-published study of federal Job Corps program inaccurately claims to demonstrate long-term positive effects
Highlights: We discuss newly-published long-term findings from a randomized controlled trial (RCT) of the federal Job Corps program, the nation’s largest residential career training program for at-risk youth. We believe this was a well-conducted RCT that,...Adverse Findings Misstated as Positive in Study of Family Connects Home Visiting Program, Published by Princeton/Brookings
Highlights: We review recent evidence findings for Family Connects, a home visitation program for families with a newborn child, as reported in a recent Future of Children policy brief (Princeton/Brookings). The policy brief notes that Family Connects has been...Main Findings Misreported in Major Study of Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Expansion
Highlights: We review a recent large randomized controlled trial (RCT) of the Paycheck Plus program, which tested the effects of expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) for low-income, single adults without dependent children. The EITC is a refundable tax credit...National Academy of Sciences publishes questionable, potentially chance findings on the crime effects of restoring vacant urban lots
Highlights: We review a recently-published article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reporting findings of a randomized controlled trial that evaluated the effects of restoring vacant urban lots. The article claims that the restoration intervention...Showing 5 of 11 Reviews