Estimating the Effects of Length of Exposure to aTraining Program: The Case of Job Corps

Most of the literature on the evaluation of training programs focuses on the effect ofparticipation on a particular outcome (e.g. earnings). The treatment is generally representedby a binary variable equal to one if participation in the program occurs, and equal to zero if noparticipation occurs. While the use of a binary treatment indicator is attractive for ease ofinterpretation and estimation, it treats all exposure the same...

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Year of publication:	2007-06-01
Authors:	Flores-Lagunes, Alfonso ; González, Arturo ; Neumann, Todd
Institutions:	Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn>
Subject:	Trainingsprogramm \| Dosis-Wirkungs-Analyse \| Job

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Extent:	648192 bytes 37 p. application/pdf
Series:	IZA - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit - Discussion Papers IZA Discussion Paper ; No. 2846 (2007)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Classification:	C41 - Duration Analysis ; I38 - Government Policy; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs ; J24 - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity ; Ergonomic job analysis ; Individual Working Papers, Preprints ; No country specification
Source:	USB Cologne (business full texts)

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