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Does Federally Funded Job Training Work?

Nonexperimental Estimates of WIA Training Impacts Using Longitudinal Data on Workers and Firms

Fredrik Andersson, Harry J. Holzer, Julia I. Lane, David Rosenblum and View ORCID ProfileJeffrey Smith
Journal of Human Resources, July 2024, 59 (4) 1244-1283; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.0816-8185R1
Fredrik Andersson
Fredrick Andersson is at Bank of America.
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Harry J. Holzer is at Georgetown University and the American Institutes for Research.
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Julia I. Lane is at New York University and the Coleridge Initiative.
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vol. 59 no. 4 1244-1283
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.0816-8185R1
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0022-166X
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1548-8004
History 
  • Received August 1, 2016
  • Accepted January 1, 2022
  • Published online July 29, 2024.

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  1. Fredrik Andersson
  1. Fredrick Andersson is at Bank of America.
  1. Harry J. Holzer
  1. Harry J. Holzer is at Georgetown University and the American Institutes for Research.
  1. Julia I. Lane
  1. Julia I. Lane is at New York University and the Coleridge Initiative.
  1. David Rosenblum
  1. David Rosenblum is at the U.S. Department of Labor.
  1. Jeffrey Smith
  1. Jeffrey Smith is at the University of Wisconsin, NBER, IZA, CESifo, and HCEO ((econjeff{at}ssc.wisc.edu)).
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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
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