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…
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)...
March 13, 2020 | Postsecondary Education
Highlights: This report highlights new findings from a large, high-quality randomized controlled trial (RCT) of the ASAP program for low-income community college students in Ohio. The study found that the program nearly doubled students’ rate of college graduation...
September 26, 2019 | K-12 Education, Postsecondary Education
In this report we discuss exceptionally promising findings from a large randomized controlled trial (RCT) of a Canadian program—Learning Accounts—aimed at increasing the educational attainment of low-income high school students. The latest study reports[1] show gains...
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...
