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Leahey, Erin – Evaluation Review, 2001
Studied the likelihood of obtaining employment for job training participants and nonparticipants and the types of jobs women obtained. Results for 150 treatment (job training) and 530 control cases show a differential training effect for full- and part-time workers and little or no effect of job training on a disadvantaged woman's probability of…
Descriptors: Employment Patterns, Females, Job Training, Low Income Groups
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Harknett, Kristen – Evaluation Review, 2006
This article demonstrates a novel application of propensity score matching techniques: to estimate nonexperimental impacts on program participants within the context of an experimental research design. The author examines the relationship between program participation, defined as qualifying for an earnings supplement by working full-time, and…
Descriptors: Mothers, Foreign Countries, Participation, One Parent Family
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Neenan, Peter A.; Bowen, Gary L. – Evaluation Review, 1991
This article describes the development of a multifaceted evaluation strategy to assess the effects of guaranteed subsidized child care on the subsequent attainment of welfare independence and aggregate welfare expenditures for Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC). Advantages of a multimethod approach are discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Day Care, Demonstration Programs, Economically Disadvantaged, Evaluation Methods