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Do Sectoral Employment Programs Work? New Evidence from New York City's Sector‐Focused Career Centers
Author(s) -
Gasper Joseph M.,
Henderson Kathryn A.,
Berman David S.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
industrial relations: a journal of economy and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.61
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1468-232X
pISSN - 0019-8676
DOI - 10.1111/irel.12164
Subject(s) - earnings , disadvantaged , labour economics , work (physics) , economics , job training , demographic economics , business , economic growth , vocational education , accounting , mechanical engineering , engineering
While sectoral employment is growing as an approach to providing job opportunities to disadvantaged jobseekers, there is little evidence on the effectiveness of these programs. This study estimates impacts on employment and earnings of three large sectoral employment programs in New York City using a quasi‐experimental design and administrative data on earnings. Participants realized increased employment levels and earnings gains. In addition, participants who received industry‐specific training had greater earnings gains than those who did not.