Estimating (Easily Interpreted) Dynamic Training Effects from Experimental Data

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Ba, Bocar A.; Ham, John C.; LaLonde, Robert J.; Li, Xianghong
• 署名单位: University of Chicago; National University of Singapore; University of Wisconsin System; University of Wisconsin Madison; IZA Institute Labor Economics; York University - Canada
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF LABOR ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0734-306X
• DOI: 10.1086/692710
• 发表日期: 2017
• 页码: S149-S200
• 关键词: unemployment-insurance; duration models; disadvantaged women; PROGRAMS; Heterogeneity; selection

摘要

We estimate the effect of endogenous training participation on transitions in and out of employment for disadvantaged women in the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) study. Decomposing the effect of training on employment into its effects on transitions in and out of employment has the potential to develop more effective programs. We also consider a potentially serious identification problem that arises when individuals do not undertake training immediately, and we propose a test to shed light on this problem. We find that this problem is not important in our context. JTPA classroom training substantially reduced unemployment durations, and thus it complements programs that increase employment durations.