Effects of Welfare Reform on Vocational Education and Training

Autor/inn/en	Dave, Dhaval M.; Reichman, Nancy E.; Corman, Hope; Das, Dhiman
Titel	Effects of Welfare Reform on Vocational Education and Training
Quelle	In: Economics of Education Review, 30 (2011) 6, S.1399-1415 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-7757
DOI	10.1016/j.econedurev.2011.07.008
Schlagwörter	Vocational Education; Welfare Services; Females; At Risk Persons; Enrollment; Educational Attainment; Educational Policy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Fürsorgeeinrichtung; Weibliches Geschlecht; Risikogruppe; Einschulung; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik
Abstract	Exploiting variation in welfare reform across states and over time and using relevant comparison groups, this study estimates the effects of welfare reform on an important source of human capital acquisition among women at risk for relying on welfare: vocational education and training. The results suggest that welfare reform reduced enrollment in full-time vocational education and had no significant effects on part-time vocational education or participation in other types of work-related courses, though there appears to be considerable heterogeneity across states with respect to the strictness of educational policy and the strength of work incentives under welfare reform. In addition, we find evidence of heterogeneous effects by prior educational attainment. We find no evidence that the previously observed negative effects of welfare reform on formal education (including college enrollment), which we replicated in this study, have been offset by increases in vocational education and training. (Contains 9 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10