Educationally Disadvantaged Older Youth: Quality of Employment

One way of measuring the effectiveness of job training and assistance in job search and placement is through job quality. Some evidence indicates that employment programs helped youths secure higher-quality jobs-that is, jobs with higher pay and more fringe benefits. Job Corps youths had jobs with higher pay and slightly more fringe benefits, such as health insurance, paid sick and vacation leave, and retirement benefits, although they were not employed in significantly different occupations than youths in the control group (JC1, JC2).