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Self-Sufficiency Domain
By Elizabeth Hair, Ph.D,  Thomson Ling, and Stephanie W. Cochran
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Employment Earnings Welfare Receipt Quality of Employment Family Formation Child Care Child Support
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vocational training living arrangements          
Self-Sufficiency (click for overall summary)

 Experimental Research Studies Non-Experimental Research Studies

In comparison to control group:

- Program participants are more likely to have a higher-paying job (25 cents higher per hour) with slightly more fringe benefits: namely, paid sick leave (42 percent vs. 39 percent), child care assistance (15 percent vs. 13 percent), retirement or pension benefits available (41 percent vs. 38 percent), tuition reimbursement or training course available (23 percent vs. 22 percent).

- Program participants are more likely to have higher pay ($7.55 per hour vs. $7.33 per hour) and health benefits at 30 months after random assignment (57 percent vs. 54 percent).



In comparison to counterparts in control group:

- Male Hispanic participants receive more promotions at their current job (33 percent vs. 19 percent).

- Female African American participants are more likely to receive an award at their current job (35 percent vs. 9 percent).

- Female Hispanic participants are less likely to receive a raise in their current job (0 percent vs. 40 percent).




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