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Table 2 Specification tests for impact estimates using prior earnings and employment

From: Do Public Employment and Training Programs Work?

 

Females

Males

 

Prior Quarter 10

Prior Quarter 16

Prior Quarter 10

Prior Quarter 16

 

Estimate (SE)

Estimate (SE)

Estimate (SE)

Estimate (SE)

1. Adult program, predicting quarterly earnings (see Figure 2)

-48

6

11

-102

(23)

(39)

(31)

(58)

2. Adult program, predicting quarterly employment (see Figure 3)

-0.0143

-0.0005

-0.0078

-0.0007

(0.0062)

(0.0071)

(0.0060)

(0.0085)

3. Adult program, predicting quarterly earnings, ES States (see Figure 4)

-7

2

60

-71

(44)

(40)

(69)

(61)

4. Adult program receiving UI, predicting quarterly earnings

-26

-29

71

445

(65)

(89)

(103)

(204)

5. Adult program training, predicting quarterly earnings (see Figure 5)

13

104

-38

174

(51)

(90)

(92)

(187)

6. Dislocated Worker program, predicting quarterly earnings

76

233

67

267

(31)

(69)

(41)

(106)

7. Dislocated Worker program, predicting quarterly employment

0.0073

0.0219

0.0085

0.0141

(0.0034)

(0.0059)

(0.0039)

(0.0066)

8. Dislocated Worker program receiving UI, predicting quarterly earnings

56

305

40

382

(40)

(113)

(58)

(183)

9. Dislocated Worker program training, predicting quarterly earnings (see Figure 8)

0

-212

43

28

(94)

(205)

(137)

(305)