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Country | Country: United States |
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GDP per capita | 51.914 |
Context details | Most program participants were single mothers with barriers to employment including low education levels, limited employment history and responsibilities caring for young children |
Age | mean: 29 |
Implementation year | 2004 |
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Implementer | Private |
Duration (months) | < 1 month |
Cost | The average cost was about USD 3,500 per participant |
Intervention details | Two-week orientation focusing on job-readiness skills, followed by a transitional job. Then, 10 hours of professional development activities (such as job search and job-readiness instruction, preparation for the General Educational Development (GED) exam, and other classes) |
Evaluation design | Randomized evaluation |
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Cluster definition | N/A |
Sample | Outcome | Test | Source Table | Observations | Statistics on Effects |
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Complete sample | Total earnings | N/A | 4 | 1217 | Coeff: -239.00; p-value: 0.85 |