December 15, 2020 | Employment/Welfare
New findings from a national randomized controlled trial (RCT) of the Year Up workforce training program show earnings gains of 30-40% ($7,000-$8,000) per year, sustained over five years, for low-income, mainly minority young adults.These earnings gains are among the largest ever found in a high-quality RCT in the field of workforce development…
July 21, 2020 | Employment/Welfare
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,...
April 20, 2020 | Employment/Welfare
Highlights: New findings from a large randomized controlled trial (RCT) of Nevada’s Reemployment and Eligibility Assessment (REA) program for unemployment claimants show that this low-cost program—$250 per participant—produced earnings gains of 15 percent ($8,460)...
April 30, 2019 | Employment/Welfare
Highlights: In our last report, we noted that short-term effects of social programs too often fade over time. In this report, we highlight an exceptional case: Newly-reported findings from a well-conducted randomized controlled trial (RCT) of Project QUEST, a...
November 13, 2018 | Employment/Welfare
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...
August 13, 2018 | Employment/Welfare
In this report we discuss unusually promising findings from a large, multisite randomized controlled trial (RCT) of the Year Up program for low-income young adults. This newly-published study found earnings effects that are among the largest of any workforce training...
