Vulnerable youth in training programs for employment

Federal Training Programs for ^ Dispersed Employment Occupations

Rethinking Youth Employment Programs: Evidence from Two Summer Jobs Experiments

Every day, acts of violence injure over 6,000 people in the U.S. Despite decades of social science arguing that joblessness among disadvantaged youth is a key cause of violent offending, programs to remedy youth unemployment do not consistently reduce delinquency. This study tests whether summer jobs, which shift focus from remediation to prevention, can reduce crime. In a randomized controlled...

Training programs and implementation process of positive youth development programs.

Program Quality and Treatment Completion for Youth Training Programs

Program Quality and Treatment Completion for Youth Training Programs This paper analyzes the effects of training quality on the likelihood of treatment completion by estimating dose-response functions via a generalized propensity score. Results show a statistically positive relationship between training quality and treatment completion for youth participants in Peru. JEL Classification: I3, J2, C8

Improving the Evaluation of Employment and Training Programs in Canada

Both authors thank Bill Warburton of the BC Ministry of Social Development and Economic Security for helpful discussions on the issues covered in this paper. Smith thanks the members of the HRDC Medium Term Indicators Advisory Panel, in particular Walter Nicholson, for useful discussions as well.