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Detailed Information

Country	Country: United States
GDP per capita	53.274
Context details	18 years old and older in general (female or male), economically disadvantaged, and with some basic education
Age	mean: 35

2. Intervention

Implementation year	2011
Implementer	NGO
Duration (months)	8
Cost	The average cost was USD 5,203 per participant
Intervention details	Provided off-site transportation and manufacturing training at local colleges and technical schools

Evaluation design	Randomized evaluation
Cluster definition	N/A

Sample	Outcome	Test	Source Table	Observations	Statistics on Effects
Tulsa, Oklahoma - Madison Strategies Group	Employment	N/A	5	560	Coeff: 0.06; Sig: Not significant; SD: 100.00

Study	Hendra, Richard, David H. Greenberg, Gayle Hamilton, Ari Oppenheim, Alexandra Pennington, Kelsey Schaberg, and Betsy L. Tessler. "Encouraging Evidence on a Sector-Focused Advancement Strategy: Two-Year Impacts from the WorkAdvance Demonstration." (2016).