NCJ Number
16614
Date Published
1973
Length
18 pages
Annotation
SUGGESTS A METHOD FOR THE EVALUATION OF MANPOWER PROGRAMS BY MEANS OF A STANDARD NATIONAL CONTROL GROUP AND A SIMPLE ECONOMETRIC MODEL.
Abstract
A SINGLE NATIONAL CONTROL GROUP IS RECOMMENDED AS THE NORM AGAINST WHICH TO MEASURE THE RESULTS OF A MANPOWER PROGRAM. IT IS CONCLUDED THAT BY OBSERVING THE BEHAVIOR OF PEOPLE SIMILAR TO PROGRAM CLIENTS IN THE CONTROL GROUP, IT IS POSSIBLE TO INFER THE CLIENT'S BEHAVIOR HAD HE NOT BEEN IN THE PROGRAM. THE PROGRAM DATA FITTED TO THE ECONOMIC MODEL PRESENTED ALLOWS THE ESTIMATION OF EMPLOYMENT A CLIENT COULD HAVE EXPECTED HAD HE NOT JOINED THE PROGRAM AND CONSEQUENTLY THE CALCULATION OF HIS NET INCOME GAIN FROM PARTICIPAING IN THE PROGRAM. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)