abstract: 'Job Corps is the United State''s largest and most comprehensive training

  program for disadvantaged youth aged 16-24 years old. A randomized

  social experiment concluded that, on average, individuals benefited from

  the program in the form of higher weekly earnings and employment

  prospects. At the same time, ``young adults{''''} (ages 20-24) realized

  much higher impacts relative to ``adolescents{''''} (ages 16-19).

  Employing recent nonparametric bounds for causal mediation, we

  investigate whether these two groups'' disparate effects correspond to

  them benefiting differentially from distinct aspects of Job Corps, with

  a particular focus on the attainment of a degree (GED, high school, or

  vocational). We find that, for young adults, the part of the total

  effect of Job Corps on earnings (employment) that is due to attaining a

  degree within the program is at most 41\% (32\%) of the total effect,

  whereas for adolescents that part can account for up to 87\% (100\%) of

  the total effect. We also find evidence that the magnitude of the part

  of the effect of Job Corps on the outcomes that works through components

  of Job Corps other than degree attainment (e.g., social skills, job

  placement, residential services) is likely higher for young adults than

  for adolescents. That those other components likely play a more

  important role for young adults has policy implications for more

  effectively servicing participants. More generally, our results

  illustrate how researchers can learn about particular mechanisms of an

  intervention.'
affiliation: 'Bampasidou, M (Corresponding Author), Univ Florida, Gainesville, FL
  32611 USA.

  Bampasidou, Maria, Univ Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611 USA.

  Flores, Carlos A., Calif Polytech State Univ San Luis Obispo, Dept Econ, San Luis
  Obispo, CA 93407 USA.

  Flores-Lagunes, Alfonso; Parisian, Daniel J., SUNY Binghamton, Dept Econ, Binghamton,
  NY 13902 USA.

  Flores-Lagunes, Alfonso, IZA, Bonn, Germany.'
author: Bampasidou, Maria and Flores, Carlos A. and Flores-Lagunes, Alfonso and Parisian,
  Daniel J.
author_list:
- family: Bampasidou
  given: Maria
- family: Flores
  given: Carlos A.
- family: Flores-Lagunes
  given: Alfonso
- family: Parisian
  given: Daniel J.
booktitle: 'FACTORS AFFECTING WORKER WELL-BEING: THE IMPACT OF CHANGE IN THE LABOR

  MARKET'
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1108/S0147-912120140000040004
editor: Polachek, SW and Tatsiramos, K
files: []
isbn: 978-1-78441-149-7; 978-1-78441-150-3
keywords: 'Job Corps training program; degree attainment; causal mediation;

  nonparametric bounds'
keywords-plus: BOUNDS; IDENTIFICATION; WAGES; AVERAGE
language: English
number-of-cited-references: '43'
pages: 113-156
papis_id: 780efdbdd7f92d2e1b32425aaf9ca971
ref: Bampasidou2014roledegree
researcherid-numbers: Bampasidou, Maria/ITV-5484-2023
series: Research in Labor Economics
times-cited: '5'
title: THE ROLE OF DEGREE ATTAINMENT IN THE DIFFERENTIAL IMPACT OF JOB CORPS ON ADOLESCENTS
  AND YOUNG ADULTS
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000358165600004
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '4'
volume: '40'
web-of-science-categories: Economics; Industrial Relations \& Labor
year: '2014'