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DATA

• Job Corps data sets, provided in three formats. All files are zipped and located in separate subfolders:
  • SAS Export files: jobcorps_export.zip
  • SAS for Unix files: jobcorps.zip
  • Stata version 8 files: jobcorps_stata.zip
• Dataset contents and variable means are located in the “Contents & Means” subfolder.

PROGRAMS

• Import.sas – program to import SAS export file into the user’s SAS system, located in Data\SAS Export files.

DOCUMENTATION

• Volumes 1 through 4 of the data documentation

REPORTS

• Burghardt, John, et al. “Does Job Corps Work? Summary of the National Job Corps Study.” Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., June 2001.
  jcsummary.pdf
• Burghardt, John, and Peter Schochet. “National Job Corps Study: Impacts by Center Characteristics.” Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., June 2001.
  01-jccenter.pdf
• Glazerman, Steven, Peter Schochet, and John Burghardt. “National Job Corps Study: The Impacts of Job Corps on Participants’ Literacy Skills: Final Report.” Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., July 2000.
  00-jc_literacy.pdf
• Gritz, R. Mark and Terry Johnson. “National Job Corps Study: Assessing Program Effects on Earnings for Students Achieving Key Program Milestones.” Seattle, WA: Battelle Memorial Institute, June 2001.
  MilestoneImpactReport-Final.pdf
• Johnson, Terry, Mark Gritz, and Mary Dugan. “National Job Corps Study: Job Corps Applicants’ Programmatic Experiences: Final Report.” Seattle, WA: Battelle Human Affairs Research Centers, September 2000.
  jc_progexp.pdf
• McConnell, Sheena, and Steven Glazerman. “National Job Corps Study: The Benefits and Costs of Job Corps.” Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., June 2001.
  01-jcbenefit.pdf
• Schochet, Peter. “National Job Corps Study: Methodological Appendixes on the Impact Analysis.” Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., June 2001.
  01-jcmethod.pdf
• Schochet, Peter, John Burghardt, and Steven Glazerman. “National Job Corps Study: The Impacts of Job Corps on Participants’ Employment and Related Outcomes.” Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., June 2001.
  01-jcimpacts.pdf

INSTALL

• Installation of Adobe Acrobat Reader

IMAGES

• Contains the header image used in certain files; does not contain any information about the project itself.

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