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American Economic Review

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The Effects of Job Corps Training on Wages of Adolescents and Young Adults

  • German Blanco
  • Carlos A. Flores
  • Alfonso Flores-Lagunes
American Economic Review
vol. 103, no. 3, May 2013
(pp. 418–22)
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Abstract

Previous evaluations of Job Corps document disparate effects on the earnings of adolescents (aged 16-19) and young adults (aged 20-24). These are conjectured to be due to differential human capital accumulation within the program between these groups. If correct, the effect of the program on wages should be larger than that on earnings, since wages more accurately reflect human capital. We estimate bounds on average and quantile treatment effects of Job Corps on wages and find that the relative effects on both outcomes are similar, casting some doubt on the conjecture that human capital is driving the disparate effects.

Citation

Blanco, German, Carlos A. Flores, and Alfonso Flores-Lagunes. 2013. "The Effects of Job Corps Training on Wages of Adolescents and Young Adults." American Economic Review, 103 (3): 418–22. DOI: 10.1257/aer.103.3.418

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JEL Classification

  • J13 Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
  • J15 Economics of Minorities, Races, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
  • J31 Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials