Studies of 29 welfare reform initiatives conducted by the Manpower Demonstration
Research Corporation were synthesized in an exploration of how welfare and work policies …

Featuring engaging examples from diverse disciplines, this book explains how to use
modern approaches to quasi-experimentation to derive credible estimates of treatment …

The past decade has seen increased attention to cost-effectiveness and benefit-cost
analysis in education as administrators are being asked to accomplish more with the same …

Sociologists have increasingly emphasized “turningpoints” in explaining behavioral change
over the life course. Is work a turning point in the life course of criminal offenders? If …

This paper reports estimates of the effects of JTPA training programs on the distribution of
earnings. The estimation uses a new instrumental variable (IV) method that measures …

This paper analyzes 12 recent within‐study comparisons contrasting causal estimates from
a randomized experiment with those from an observational study sharing the same …

The authors provide background on the history and development of community colleges in
the United States in the last half century and survey available evidence on the impacts of …

This paper presents findings from an experimental evaluation of Job Corps, the nation's
largest training program for disadvantaged youths. The study uses survey data collected …

Every day, acts of violence injure more than 6000 people in the United States. Despite
decades of social science arguing that joblessness among disadvantaged youth is a key …

Policymakers are often interested in estimating how policy interventions affect the outcomes
of those most in need of help. This concern has motivated the practice of disaggregating …