A longitudinal evaluation of government-sponsored job skills training and basic employment services among U.S. baby boomers with economic disadvantages |
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| Institution: | 1. College of Social Work, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, United States;2. Steve Hicks School of Social Work, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 78712, United States;3. Department of Sociology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 78712, United States;1. RTI International, 307 Waverley Oaks Road, Suite 101, Waltham, MA 02452, USA;2. Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway, NE, Mailstop K-76, Atlanta, GA 30341-3717, USA;3. RTI International, 307 Waverley Oaks Road, Waltham, MA 02452, USA;4. Philadelphia Department of Public Health, Health Center 4, 4400 Haverford Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA;1. Claremont Graduate University, United States;2. California State University, Los Angeles, United States;1. School of Social Sciences, Western Sydney University, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith NSW, 2751, Australia;2. School of Business, Western Sydney University, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith NSW, 2751, Australia;3. School of Allied Health, Australian Catholic University, 25A Barker Rd., Strathfield, NSW, Australia;1. School of Economics, Business Administration and Accounting at Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Brazil;2. Federal University of Uberlândia, School of Business and Management − FAGEN, Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil;3. Faculdade de Economia, Administração e Contabilidade, Bloco B2, Sala 74, Brazil;1. Department of Nursing, Brock University, 1812 Sir Isaac Brock Way, St. Catharines, Ontario, L2S 3A1, Canada;2. Department of Geography & Tourism Studies, Brock University, 1812 Sir Isaac Brock Way St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada |
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| Abstract: | Job skills training is a cost-effective strategy for improving employment among individuals who have low income and employment barriers, but few U.S. government-sponsored employment program participants have received such training. To better understand long-term gains from job skills training, this study compared employment and earnings trajectories between program participants who received job skills training and those who received basic services only. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979, we estimated 33-year employment and earnings trajectories among U.S. baby-boomer cohorts while accounting for baseline group heterogeneity using inverse propensity score weighting. We found increases in employment rates over the life course, especially among Black women. Job skills training also increased earnings by up to 69.6 % compared to basic services only. Despite the long-term gains in employment and earnings, job skills training participation is not sufficient to address gender as well as racial and ethnic gaps in full-time employment. Findings reinforce the importance of incorporating job skills training as an essential service element of government-sponsored employment programs to improve long-term labor market outcomes among Americans with economic disadvantages. |
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| Keywords: | Job skills training Employment Earnings Government-sponsored employment programs Baby boomers Life course perspective |
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