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National Job Corps Study: Assessing Program Effects on Earnings for Students Achieving Key Program Milestones

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  • R. Mark Gritz
  • Terry Johnson

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Using nonexperimental methods, presents estimates of the effects of Job Corps for participants who complete vocational training and those who do not, as well as for participants who obtain a GED and those who do not.

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  • R. Mark Gritz & Terry Johnson, "undated". "National Job Corps Study: Assessing Program Effects on Earnings for Students Achieving Key Program Milestones," Mathematica Policy Research Reports cd3931e24b8749679a34a733b, Mathematica Policy Research.
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