Study Design
Design:
Study group formation:
Time period of study:
Primary outcome domains examined:
Other outcome domains examined:
Study funded by:
Results
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Outcome domain | Measure | Timing | Study quality by finding | Comparison group mean | Intervention group mean | Impact | Units | Findings | Sample size |
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Increase short-term earnings | Annual earnings |
Year 1 |
High | -839.00 | 2007 dollars |
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971 | ||
Increase long-term earnings | Annual earnings |
Year 4 |
High | 39.00 | 2010 dollars |
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971 | ||
Increase short-term employment | Employed for four consecutive quarters |
Year 1 |
High | -5.00 | percentage points |
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971 | ||
Increase short-term employment | Ever employed, annual |
Year 1 |
High | 0.10 | percentage points |
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971 | ||
Increase long-term employment | Ever employed, annual |
Year 4 |
High | -3.90 | percentage points |
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971 | ||
Increase long-term employment | Employed for four consecutive quarters |
Year 4 |
High | -1.80 | percentage points |
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971 | ||
Decrease short-term benefit receipt | Amount of Food Stamps/SNAP benefits received, annual |
Year 1 |
High | 466.00 | 622.00 | 156.00 | 2007 dollars |
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971 |
Decrease short-term benefit receipt | Received Food Stamps/SNAP, annual |
Year 1 |
High | 23.80 | 29.50 | 5.70 | percentage points |
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971 |
Decrease long-term benefit receipt | Amount of Food Stamps/SNAP benefits received, annual |
Year 3 |
High | 700.00 | 1,020.00 | 320.00 | 2009 dollars |
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793 |
Decrease long-term benefit receipt | Received Food Stamps/SNAP, annual |
Year 3 |
High | 23.90 | 28.30 | 4.40 | percentage points |
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793 |
Increase education and training | Received any degree or diploma |
Year 1 |
High | -2.10 | percentage points |
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793 | ||
Increase education and training | Received a license or certificate |
Year 1 |
High | 5.10 | percentage points |
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793 |
- High
- Moderate
The findings quality describe our confidence that a given study’s finding is because of the intervention. We do not display findings that rate low.
A moderate-to-large favorable finding that is unlikely to be due to chance
A moderate-to-large favorable finding that might to be due to chance
A small favorable finding that is unlikely to be due to chance
A small favorable finding that might be due to chance
A favorable finding that is unlikely to be due to chance, but we cannot determine the standardized effect size
A favorable finding that might be due to chance, but we cannot determine the standardized effect size
A moderate-to-large unfavorable finding that is unlikely to be due to chance
A moderate-to-large unfavorable finding that might to be due to chance
A small unfavorable finding that is unlikely to be due to chance
A small unfavorable finding that might be due to chance
An unfavorable finding that is unlikely to be due to chance, but we cannot determine the standardized effect size
An unfavorable finding that might be due to chance, but we cannot determine the standardized effect size
A finding that is unlikely to be due to chance, but we cannot determine the standardized effect size or direction
A finding of no effect that might be due to chance
Sample Characteristics
Age
Mean age | 36 years |
Sex
Female | 73% |
Male | 27% |
Participant race and ethnicity
Black or African American | 12% |
White | 10% |
Hispanic or Latino of any race | 70% |
Asian | 6% |
Unknown, not reported, or other | 3% |
Family status
Married | 35% |
Single parents | 42% |
Participant employment and public benefit status
Were employed | 100% |
Participant education
Had some postsecondary education | 52% |
Had a high school diploma or GED | 74% |
Did not have a high school diploma or GED | 26% |
Specific employment barriers
Were immigrants | 51% |
Intervention Implementation
Implementing organization:
Program history:
Intervention services:
Comparison services:
Service receipt duration:
Study Publications
Miller, Cynthia, Betsy L. Tessler, and Mark Van Dok (2009). Strategies to help low wage workers advance: Implementation and early impacts of the Work Advancement and Support Center (WASC) demonstration, New York: MDRC. Available at https://www.mdrc.org/sites/default/files/full_516.pdf.
Miller, Cynthia, Betsy L. Tessler, and Mark Van Dok (2012). Strategies to help low wage workers advance: Implementation and final impacts of the Work Advancement and Support Center (WASC) demonstration, New York: MDRC. Available at https://www.mdrc.org/publication/strategies-help-low-wage-workers-advance.
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