The Effects of Summer Employment on Disadvantaged Youth: Experimental Evidence

Status unconfirmed · Phase 1/Phase 2

Conditions studied: Reduce Violence and Crime, Increase School Engagement, Increase Future Labor Market Outcomes

In brief

Chicago's Department of Family and Support Services will be providing summer employment and social-emotional skill training to youth over the summer of 2012. The investigators are partnering with them to evaluate the effects of the program. The investigators will track applicants to the program through existing administrative databases to assess the short- and long-term effects of the government's program. The investigators hypothesize that the program will decrease violence involvement and criminal activity, increase schooling engagement, and increase future employment outcomes.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01947452

Run by

University of Chicago

People needed

1634

Starts

2012-06-01

Expected to finish

2018-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-10-26

Who can join

Age: 14 and older, up to 21. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Currently enrolled in one of 13 target high schools in Chicago, or
• Expecting to enroll in one of 13 target high schools for fall 2012
• Between ages 14 and 21 at program start

You may not qualify if…

• None

Where it is running

• University of Chicago — Chicago, Illinois, United States

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