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Evaluation Review, Vol. 7, No. 4, 467-496 (1983)
DOI: 10.1177/0193841X8300700404

An Evaluation of Two Preemployment Services

Impact on Employment and Earnings of Disadvantaged Youths

Richard Silkman

State University of New York, Stony Brook

John M. Kelley

Public/Private Ventures

Wendy C. Wolf

Public/Private Ventures

This article presents the results of research performed to evaluate two youth preemploy ment services initiatives—70001 Ltd. and Jobs for Youth. Participant outcomes were observed at two points in time, three and eight months after program termination, and were compared to similar outcomes of a matched comparison sample. Our results indicate that both programs are very effective: The programs significantly improve both the employment probabilities and the earnings of participating youths, the gains in earnings generally hold up between the three- and eight-month postprogram observations, and both programs are highly cost-effective, evidencing pay-back periods averaging one year.


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