The Effect of Work First Job Placements on the Distribution of Earnings: An Instrumental Variable Quantile Regression Approach

Government employment programs for low-skilled workers typically emphasize rapid placement of participants into jobs, of which many are temporary-help jobs. Using data from Detroit's welfare to-work program and the Chernozhukov-Hansen instrumental variables quantile regression method, we find t...

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Main Authors: Houseman, Susan N. (Author), Autor, David H (Contributor), Kerr, Sari (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Chicago Press, 2018-02-16T16:14:20Z.
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