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Detailed Information

Country	Country: United States
GDP per capita	42.170
Context details	Eligible youth had to be economically disadvantaged and out-of-school
Age	16 - 22, Mean: 19.1

2. Intervention

Implementation year	1995
Implementer	NGO
Duration (months)	7
Cost	N/A
Intervention details	The program consisted of: (i) provision of employment and training services in a work-like setting; (ii) provision of active job placement assistance; (iii) full time commitment from trainees and (iv) employers’ involvement in the design and delivery of training

Evaluation design	Randomized evaluation
Cluster definition	N/A

Sample	Outcome	Test	Source Table	Observations	Statistics on Effects
Complete sample	Health insurance	N/A	3	1221	Coeff: -0.90; p-value: 0.75
Complete sample	Health insurance	N/A	3	1221	Coeff: -0.40; p-value: 0.88

Study	Miller, Cynthia, Johannes Bos, Kristen Porter, Fannie Tseng, Fred Doolittle, Deana Tanguay, and Mary Vencill. "Working with Disadvantaged Youth: Thirty-Month Findings from the Evaluation of the Center for Employment Training Replication Sites." New York: MDRC (2003).