Use of experimental methods in workforce evaluations / Gary Burtless, David H. Greenburg.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Burtless, Gary T., 1950-

Contributor:

Greenberg, David H.

United States. Employment and Training Administration

Series:

ETA occasional paper ; 2005-08.

Employment and Training Administration occasional paper ; 2005-08

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Occupational training--United States--Evaluation.

Occupational training.

Unemployed--Services for--United States--Evaluation.

Unemployed.

Employment (Economic theory).

Sampling (Statistics).

employing.

Occupational training--Evaluation.

Unemployed--Services for--Evaluation.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (103 pages).

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : [U.S. Dept. of Labor, Employment and Training Administration], [2005]

Summary:

This paper considers the pros and cons of using randomized trials to improve the effectiveness of workforce policies. A randomized trial offers researchers a convincing benchmark for measuring program effectiveness. An experiment allows us to answer a question that is usually unanswerable in nonexperimental studies: How would people enrolled in the tested program have fared if that had not been offered services under the program?

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed February 23, 2010).

"This report has been funded, either wholly or in part, with Federal funds from the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration under Contract Number AF-12985-000-03-30."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 48-51).

OCLC:

557521674