Do job corps performance measures track program impacts?

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 556-576

  Schocket, Peter Z ^a   Burghardt, John A ^a  

^a MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 49049100890     PISSN: 02768739     EISSN: 15206688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pam.20356     Document Type: Article

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