@article{12d8a3e99ace449dbe14413a8324c495,
title = "Going beyond LATE: Bounding average treatment effects of job corps training",
abstract = "We derive bounds on the population average treatment effect (ATE) and the average treatment effect on the treated (ATT) with an instrumental variable and employ them to evaluate the effectiveness of the Job Corps (JC) training program using data from a randomized evaluation with noncompliance. We find positive effects of JC on earnings and employment, and negative effects on public benefits dependence for eligible applicants (ATE) and participants (ATT). Some of our results also point to positive average effects on the labor market outcomes of {"}never-takers{"} (individuals who never enroll in JC regardless of their treatment assignment).",
author = "Xuan Chen and Flores, {Carlos A.} and Alfonso Flores-Lagunes",
note = "Funding Information: Xuan Chen is assistant professor at the School of Labor and Human Resources, Renmin University of China (xchen11@ruc.edu.cn). Carlos A. Flores is professor of economics at the California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo (cflore32@calpoly.edu). Alfonso Flores-Lagunes is professor of economics and senior research associate at the Center for Policy Research, Syracuse University, and a research fellow at IZA & GLO (afloresl@maxwell.syr.edu). The authors thank two anonymous referees for thoughtful comments, as well as Joshua Angrist, Wallice Ao, Dan Black, Timothy Hubbard, Ying-Ying Lee, Ismael Mourifi{\'e}, Jeff Smith, and seminar/conference participants at University of Miami, California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo, University of Central Florida, Queens College (CUNY), Queens University (Canada), University of Alabama, University of Rochester, University at Albany, the 2012 New York Camp Econometrics, the 2012 Midwest Econometrics Group Meetings at University of Kentucky, the 2014 Society of Labor Economists Meetings, the 13th IZA/SOLE Transatlantic Meeting of Labor Economists, the 2014 California Econometrics Conference at Stanford University, the 2014 Annual Meetings of the Southern Economic Association, and the 2015 Western Economic Association International Conference. Flores acknowledges funding from the Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activities Grant program and summer research support from the Orfalea College of Business at California Polytechnic State University. Previous versions of this paper circulated under the title “Bounds on Population Average Treatment Effects with an Instrumental Variable.” All the usual disclaimers apply. The data used in this article can be obtained beginning May 2019 through May 2022 from Carlos A. Flores, Department of Economics, Orfalea College of Business, California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo, 1 Grand Avenue, San Luis Obispo, CA 93407 (cflore32@calpoly.edu). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018 by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System.",
year = "2018",
doi = "10.3368/jhr.53.4.1015.7483R1",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "53",
pages = "1050--1099",
journal = "Journal of Human Resources",
issn = "0022-166X",
publisher = "University of Wisconsin Press",
number = "4",
}