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By Susan Jekielek, M.A., Stephanie Cochran, B.B.A., and Elizabeth Hair, Ph.D.
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Short-Term employment Long-term employment Short-term earnings Long-term earnings Welfare receipt Quality of employment Participation in career development
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Participation in vocational courses Participation in job skills training or on the job training Type of job        
Self-Sufficiency (click for overall summary)

  Experimental Research Studies Non-Experimental Research Studies

Program youth were significantly more likely than randomly assigned control group youth:

- to say that their jobs gave them opportunities to learn new things

- to secure higher paying jobs with slightly more fringe benefits: 41.5 percents vs. 38.5 percent had paid sick leave; 14.7 percent vs. 12.8 percent had child care assistance; 41.0 percent vs. 38.1 percent had retirement or pension benefits available; 42.2 percent vs. 39.4 percent had a dental plan available; and 25.3 percent vs. 22.4 percent had tuition reimbursement or training course available








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