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Garces Tolon, Eliana.

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The effects of social programs on education and employment outcomes.

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The effects of social programs on education and employment outcomes./
Author:	Garces Tolon, Eliana.
Description:	147 p.
Notes:	Chair: Duncan Thomas.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International62-08A.
Subject:	Economics, Labor. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3024049
ISBN:	0493359028

The effects of social programs on education and employment outcomes.
Garces Tolon, Eliana.

The effects of social programs on education and employment outcomes. - 147 p.

Chair: Duncan Thomas.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Los Angeles, 2001.

This research examines the effect of various social programs on the educational achievement and labor market behavior of the individuals. I respectively evaluate the effects of the Head Start program, the Aid to Family with Dependent Children (AFDC) and the unemployment benefit systems in the European Union. In the first two chapters, I focus on the correct identification of the program effect by putting particular emphasis on the fact that recipients or beneficiaries usually possess certain unobserved characteristics that will determine participation and possibly interact with the program mechanisms. I use different techniques for identification including fixed effect regressions, sensitivity analysis for ordinary linear regression specifications and instrumental variable techniques. Although most of the program evaluation research examines immediate or short-term outcomes, I use extensive panel survey data for evidence of long term and permanent effects in education and labor market outcomes. Results show that, among whites, participation in Head Start is associated with a significantly increased probability of completing high school and attending college. Also, African Americans who participated in Head Start are less likely to have been charged or convicted of a crime. There are positive spillovers from older children who attended Head Start to their younger siblings. Controlling for unobserved family characteristics associated with AFDC participation, evidence is found of a negative effect on children's labor force participation as adults and of a possible positive effect on crime prevention. No effects are found on educational outcomes. In the last chapter, I exploit a unique data set that provides employment microdata information for all the countries in the European Union and examine for the first time how workers with different skill levels react to the generosity of unemployment insurance. Using duration models, results show that high unemployment insurance benefit delays the exit of the high skill individuals to a greater extent while a longer duration of the benefit tends to keep the less educated out of work. The findings are consistent with previous research reporting differences in the degree of heterogeneity among unemployed across countries.

ISBN: 0493359028Subjects--Topical Terms:

1019135
Economics, Labor.

The effects of social programs on education and employment outcomes.
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