The role of degree attainment in the differential impact of job corps on adolescents and young adults

Maria Bampasidou; Carlos A. Flores; Alfonso Flores-Lagunes; Daniel J. Parisian

doi:10.1108/S0147-912120140000040004

The role of degree attainment in the differential impact of job corps on adolescents and young adults

Maria Bampasidou, Carlos A. Flores, Alfonso Flores-Lagunes, Daniel J. Parisian

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Abstract

Job Corps is the United State's largest and most comprehensive training program for disadvantaged youth aged 16 24 years old. A randomized social experiment concluded that, on average, individuals benefited from the program in the form of higher weekly earnings and employment prospects. At the same time, "young adults" (ages 20 24) realized much higher impacts relative to "adolescents" (ages 16 19). Employing recent nonparametric bounds for causal mediation, we investigate whether these two groups disparate effects correspond to them benefiting differentially from distinct aspects of Job Corps, with a particular focus on the attainment of a degree (GED, high school, or vocational). We find that, for young adults, the part of the total effect of Job Corps on.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	113-156
Number of pages	44
Journal	Research in Labor Economics
Volume	40
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1108/S0147-912120140000040004
State	Published - 2014
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Causal mediation
Degree attainment
Job Corps training program
Nonparametric bounds

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Industrial relations
Economics and Econometrics
Political Science and International Relations

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