Abstract
We study the effect of U.S. Workforce Investment Act (WIA) training in two states using matched employer–employee data. This allows us to estimate the impact of training on firm characteristics and to assess the value of firm characteristics measured prior to training as conditioning variables. We find moderate positive impacts of training on employment and earnings for adults, but not for dislocated workers. We find limited evidence of positive effects on firm characteristics for adults in one state, but clear evidence of effects on industry of employment for most groups. Firm characteristics add little value as conditioning variables.
- Received August 1, 2016.
- Accepted January 1, 2022.
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- I. Introduction
- II. The WIA Program
- III. Data
- IV. Treatment and the Parameter of Interest
- V. Identification and Estimation
- VI. Results: Determinants of Training Receipt
- VII. Results: Impacts on Earnings and Employment
- VIII. Results: Firm Characteristics
- IX. Results: Alternative Identification Strategies
- X. WIA Costs and Benefits
- XI. Conclusions
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