
Study design
Design:
Study group formation:
Time period of study:
Primary outcome domains examined:
Increase short-term earnings, Increase long-term earnings, Increase short-term employment, Increase long-term employment, Decrease short-term benefit receiptOther outcome domains examined:
NoneStudy 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 | Total earnings, follow-up period | Quarters 1–6 |
High ![]() |
15,194.00 | 13,667.00 | -1,527.00 | 2003 dollars |
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254 |
Increase long-term earnings | Average annual earnings, follow-up period | Years 1–3 |
High ![]() |
10,210.00 | 9,458.00 | -752.00 | 2004 dollars |
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265 |
Increase short-term employment | Employed for four consecutive quarters | Quarters 1–6 |
High ![]() |
58.40 | 55.10 | -3.30 | percentage points |
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254 |
Increase short-term employment | Ever employed, quarterly | Quarter 6 |
High ![]() |
64.30 | 60.30 | -4.00 | percentage points |
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254 |
Increase short-term employment | Number of quarters employed | Quarters 1–6 |
High ![]() |
4.10 | 4.00 | -0.10 | quarters |
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254 |
Increase long-term employment | Ever employed, follow-up period | Years 1–3 |
High ![]() |
94.10 | 93.80 | -0.30 | percentage points |
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265 |
Decrease short-term benefit receipt | Amount of AFDC/TANF benefits, follow-up period | Quarters 1–6 |
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812.00 | 764.00 | -48.00 | 2003 dollars |
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254 |
Decrease short-term benefit receipt | Amount of Food Stamps/SNAP benefits, follow-up period | Quarters 1–6 |
High ![]() |
3,779.00 | 3,867.00 | 88.00 | 2003 dollars |
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254 |
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
Sample members were all adults in a two-parent family who had exited TANF and were employed. Across all members of two-parent families enrolled in Employment Retention and Advancement (ERA), half were White and non-Hispanic, 32 percent were Hispanic, and 12 percent were Black and non-Hispanic. On average, participants were 31 years old. More than half (62 percent) had at least a high school diploma or equivalent certification, and more than half (59 percent) were employed during the quarter when they enrolled in ERA. In the year before enrolling in ERA, most participants (76 percent) received the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, and slightly less than half (42 percent) received TANF.
Age
Mean age | 31 years |
Sex
Female | 54% |
Male | 46% |
Participant race and ethnicity
Black or African American | 12% |
White, not Hispanic | 50% |
Another race | 5% |
Hispanic or Latino of any race | 32% |
The race and ethnicity categories may sum to more than 100 percent if the authors reported race and ethnicity separately; in these cases, we report the category White, rather than White, not Hispanic.
Family status
Parents | 100% |
Participant employment and public benefit status
Were employed | 100% |
Participant education
Had a high school diploma or GED | 62% |
Intervention implementation
Implementing organization:
Program history:
Intervention services:
Mandatory services:
Comparison services:
Service receipt duration:
Intervention funding:
Study publications
Molina, Frieda, Mark van Dok, Richard Hendra, Gayle Hamilton, and Wan-Lae Cheng (2009). The Employment Retention and Advancement project: Findings for the Eugene and Medford, Oregon, models: Implementation and early impacts for two programs that sought to encourage advancement among low-income workers, Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Available at https://www.mdrc.org/publication/findings-eugene-and-medford-oregon-models.
Williams, Sonya, and Stephen Freedman (2010). The Employment Retention and Advancement project: Background characteristics and patterns of employment, earnings, and public assistance receipt of adults in two-parent families, Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families. Available at https://www.mdrc.org/publication/background-characteristics-and-patterns-employment-earnings-and-public-assistance.
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