Bounds on Average and Quantile Treatment Effects of Job Corps Training on Wages

57 Pages Posted: 6 Nov 2011

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German Blanco

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Carlos A. Flores

University of Miami

Alfonso Flores-Lagunes

Syracuse University--Economics; Syracuse University--CPR; IZA, Bonn

Abstract

We assess the effectiveness of Job Corps (JC), the largest job training program targeting disadvantaged youth in the United States, by constructing nonparametric bounds for the average and quantile treatment effects of the program on wages. Our preferred estimates point toward convincing evidence of positive effects of JC on wages both at the mean and throughout the wage distribution. For the different demographic groups analyzed, the statistically significant estimated average effects are bounded between 4.6 and 12 percent, while the quantile treatment effects are bounded between 2.7 and 11.7 percent. Furthermore, we find that the program's effect on wages varies across quantiles and groups. Blacks likely experience larger impacts in the lower part of their wage distribution, while Whites likely experience larger impacts in the upper part of their distribution. Non-Hispanic Females show statistically significant impacts in the upper part of their distribution but not in the lower part.

Keywords: training programs, wages, bounds, quantile treatment effects

JEL Classification: J24, I38, C21

Suggested Citation

Blanco, German and Flores, Carlos A. and Flores-Lagunes, Alfonso, Bounds on Average and Quantile Treatment Effects of Job Corps Training on Wages. IZA Discussion Paper No. 6065, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1955405 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1955405

German Blanco (Contact Author)

affiliation not provided to SSRN

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Carlos A. Flores

University of Miami ( email )

Coral Gables, FL 33124
United States

Alfonso Flores-Lagunes

Syracuse University--Economics ( email )

Syracuse, NY 13244-1020
United States

HOME PAGE: http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/econ/cpr/Alfonso_Flores_Lagunes/

Syracuse University--CPR ( email )

Syracuse, NY 13244
United States

HOME PAGE: http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/econ/cpr/Alfonso_Flores_Lagunes/

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