TY - JOUR
T1 - Estimating the effects of length of exposure to instruction in a training program
T2 - The case of job corps
AU - Flores, Carlos A.
AU - Flores-Lagunes, Alfonso
AU - Gonzalez, Arturo
AU - Neumann, Todd C.
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - We semiparametrically estimate average causal effects of different lengths of exposure to academic and vocational instruction in the Job Corps (JC) under the assumption that selection into different lengths is based on a rich set of observed covariates and time-invariant factors. We find that the estimated effects on future earnings increase in the length of exposure and that the marginal effects of additional instruction decrease with length of exposure. We also document differences in the estimated effects across demographic groups, which are particularly large between males and females. Finally, our results suggest an important lock-in effect in JC training.
AB - We semiparametrically estimate average causal effects of different lengths of exposure to academic and vocational instruction in the Job Corps (JC) under the assumption that selection into different lengths is based on a rich set of observed covariates and time-invariant factors. We find that the estimated effects on future earnings increase in the length of exposure and that the marginal effects of additional instruction decrease with length of exposure. We also document differences in the estimated effects across demographic groups, which are particularly large between males and females. Finally, our results suggest an important lock-in effect in JC training.
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U2 - 10.1162/REST_a_00177
DO - 10.1162/REST_a_00177
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84858598612
SN - 0034-6535
VL - 94
SP - 153
EP - 171
JO - Review of Economics and Statistics
JF - Review of Economics and Statistics
IS - 1
ER -