Short-Term Indicators of Employment Program Performance: Evidence from the Supported Work Program

The objective of this paper is to assess the usefulness of short-term program performance data in judging the relative effectiveness of Supported Work and in targeting program resources to those most likely to benefit from them. The results reveal evidence of significant negative impacts for youth w...

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Published in:The Journal of human resources 1985-07, Vol.20 (3), p.331-345
Main Authors: Cavin, Edward, Maynard, Rebecca
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Dairy policy
Effectiveness
Employment
Employment Programs
Evaluation
Health care outcome assessment
Human resources
Hypotheses
Instrumental variables
Instrumental variables estimation
Labor Force Nonparticipants
Length of stay
Management Information Systems
Mathematical analysis
Programs
Public works legislation
Statistical significance
Studies
Training
Unbiased estimators
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Summary:The objective of this paper is to assess the usefulness of short-term program performance data in judging the relative effectiveness of Supported Work and in targeting program resources to those most likely to benefit from them. The results reveal evidence of significant negative impacts for youth who left the program for negative reasons; the magnitude of the adverse impacts associated with negative terminations is related to length of program participation. These results indicate that performance of individual programs could be improved if short-run performance standards could effectively identify youth likely to leave for negative reasons.
ISSN:0022-166X
1548-8004
DOI:10.2307/145885