ERIC Number: EJ1076225
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015
Pages: 26
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ISSN: ISSN-0964-5292
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The Effect of Continuing Education Participation on Outcomes of Male and Female Agricultural Workers in the USA
Pena, Anita Alves
Education Economics, v23 n6 p751-776 2015
Job training and employment assistance programs aim to assist migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their dependents locate steady employment and develop job skills. This study investigates effects of educational programs on wages, annual time allocations, and poverty of male and female farmworkers and their families using regression analysis in comparison to propensity score matching. Continuing education participation is found to be associated with higher wages, though variation across program types is large and magnitudes across genders matter. Program participation is positively related to work weeks, and negatively related to weeks abroad and to poverty incidence.
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Agricultural Laborers, Outcomes of Education, Program Effectiveness, Wages, Poverty, Regression (Statistics), Participation, Gender Differences, Working Hours, National Surveys, Education Work Relationship, Migrant Workers, Seasonal Laborers
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Adult Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: Employment and Training Administration (DOL)
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Grant or Contract Numbers: DOLJ061A20380