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Adult earnings > Job training with other services (eAE) > Black 2003 i

Detailed Information

Country	Country: United States
GDP per capita	41.546
Context details	Targets unemployment insurance recipients that were likely to exhaust their benefits before finding a job
Age	mean: 37

2. Intervention

Implementation year	1994
Implementer	Government
Duration (months)	5
Cost	USD 22 per treated claimant (not including cost of training, since it redirect participants to existing programs)
Intervention details	The services included counseling, job search workshops, testing, job referral and placement, or if needed, referral to more intensive services, such as training

Evaluation design	Randomized evaluation
Cluster definition	N/A

Sample	Outcome	Test	Source Table	Observations	Statistics on Effects
Complete sample	Earnings in one year	N/A	2	1981	Coeff: 1,054.32; SE:588.00; SD: 100.00

Study	Black, Dan A., Jeffrey A. Smith, Mark C. Berger, and Brett J. Noel. "Is the threat of reemployment services more effective than the services themselves? Evidence from random assignment in the UI system." The American Economic Review 93, no. 4 (2003): 1313-1327.