Volume 21, Number 1 (Winter) 1986
Dickinson, Katherine P., Terry R. Johnson, and Richard W. West. 1986. "An Analysis of the Impact of CETA Programs on Participants' Earnings." Journal of Human Resources 21(1):64-91.
This paper provides estimates of the impact of CETA programs on participants' postprogram earnings using matched comparison groups developed from a "nearest- neighbor" matching technique. Our basic results indicate that CETA has a negative and statistically significant earnings impact for adult men, and a modest, but not statistically significant, positive earnings impact for adult women. This pattern, however, is quite sensitive to whether individuals without recent labor market attachment are included in the comparison group and to how close to the date of enrollment preprogram earnings are measured.
Dickinson and West are senior economists with SRI International. Johnson is a senior economist with Battelle Memorial Institute. The research reported in this paper was supported by the United States Department of Labor (Contract Nos. 20-06-82-21 and 20-06-82-22). The views expressed in the paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Department of Labor. The authors gratefully acknowledge helpful Comments from Ernst Stromsdorfer and an anonymous referee and the programming assistance of Alex Stagner and Susan McNicoll.
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