RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 What Happens To The Effects Of Government-Funded Training Programs Over Time? JF Journal of Human Resources JO J Hum Resour FD University of Wisconsin Press SP 277 OP 293 DO 10.3368/jhr.XXXIX.1.277 VO XXXIX IS 1 A1 David H. Greenberg A1 Charles Michalopoulos A1 Philip K. Robins YR 2004 UL http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/XXXIX/1/277.abstract AB This paper applies meta-analytic techniques to evaluations of voluntary training programs to investigate whether impacts of government-funded training programs on earnings grow or deteriorate over time. For adult men and youth, we find some evidence that, after initially increasing, earnings impacts diminish over time. For adult women, in contrast, the evidence suggests that earnings impacts initially grow and then remain undiminished. Given the scarcity of impact estimates for more than three years, we recommend that future studies measure these impacts for a longer period of time. Until this is done, cost-effectiveness assessments of training programs should allow for the possibility that, at least for adult women, earnings impacts might remain stable over time.