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Author: DiNitto, Diana M.
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1. Oh, Sehun
DiNitto, Diana M.
Powers, Daniel A.
A Longitudinal Evaluation of Government-sponsored Job Skills Training and Basic Employment Services among U.S. Baby Boomers with Economic Disadvantages
Evaluation and Program Planning 82 (October 2020): 101845.
Also: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S014971892030149X
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Elsevier
Keyword(s): Earnings; Employment, History; Job Skills; Socioeconomic Status (SES); Training

Job skills training is a cost-effective strategy for improving employment among individuals who have low income and employment barriers, but few U.S. government-sponsored employment program participants have received such training. To better understand long-term gains from job skills training, this study compared employment and earnings trajectories between program participants who received job skills training and those who received basic services only. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979, we estimated 33-year employment and earnings trajectories among U.S. baby-boomer cohorts while accounting for baseline group heterogeneity using inverse propensity score weighting. We found increases in employment rates over the life course, especially among Black women. Job skills training also increased earnings by up to 69.6 % compared to basic services only. Despite the long-term gains in employment and earnings, job skills training participation is not sufficient to address gender as well as racial and ethnic gaps in full-time employment. Findings reinforce the importance of incorporating job skills training as an essential service element of government-sponsored employment programs to improve long-term labor market outcomes among Americans with economic disadvantages.
Bibliography Citation
Oh, Sehun, Diana M. DiNitto and Daniel A. Powers. "A Longitudinal Evaluation of Government-sponsored Job Skills Training and Basic Employment Services among U.S. Baby Boomers with Economic Disadvantages." Evaluation and Program Planning 82 (October 2020): 101845.
2. Oh, Sehun
DiNitto, Diana M.
Powers, Daniel A.
Spillover Effects of Job Skills Training on Substance Misuse Among Low-Income Youths With Employment Barriers: A Longitudinal Cohort Study
American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) 110,6 (June 2020): 900-906.
Also: https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.2020.305631
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: American Public Health Association
Keyword(s): Alcohol Use; Drug Use; Job Skills; Job Training; Substance Use

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Objectives. To examine spillover effects of job skills training (vs basic services only [e.g., adult basic education, job readiness training]) on substance misuse among low-income youths with employment barriers.

Methods. Data came from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997, a longitudinal cohort study of youths born between 1980 and 1984 in the United States. Based on respondents' reports of substance misuse (past-month binge drinking and past-year marijuana and other illicit drug use) from 2000 to 2016, we estimated substance misuse trajectories of job skills training (n = 317) and basic services (n = 264) groups. We accounted for potential selection bias by using inverse probability of treatment weighting.

Results. Compared with the basic services group, the job skills training group showed notable long-term reductions in its illicit drug misuse trajectory, translating to a 56.9% decrease in prevalence rates from 6.5% in year 0 to 2.8% in year 16.

Bibliography Citation
Oh, Sehun, Diana M. DiNitto and Daniel A. Powers. "Spillover Effects of Job Skills Training on Substance Misuse Among Low-Income Youths With Employment Barriers: A Longitudinal Cohort Study." American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) 110,6 (June 2020): 900-906.