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National Job Corps Study: The Impacts of Job Corps on Participants' Employment and Related Outcomes

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  • Peter Z. Schochet
  • John Burghardt
  • Steven Glazerman

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Presents estimates of the impacts of Job Corps on participants' employment and related outcomes during the 48 months after random assignment.

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  • Peter Z. Schochet & John Burghardt & Steven Glazerman, 2001. "National Job Corps Study: The Impacts of Job Corps on Participants' Employment and Related Outcomes," Mathematica Policy Research Reports db6c4204b8e1408bb0c6289ec, Mathematica Policy Research.
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