Using integrated data to examine the effects of summer youth employment program completion on educational and criminal justice system outcomes: Evidence from Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Meghan Salas Atwell; Jeesoo Jeon; Youngmin Cho; Claudia Coulton; Eric Lewis; Alena Sorensen

doi:10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2023.102284

Using integrated data to examine the effects of summer youth employment program completion on educational and criminal justice system outcomes: Evidence from Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Meghan Salas Atwell, Jeesoo Jeon, Youngmin Cho, Claudia Coulton, Eric Lewis, Alena Sorensen

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The current study builds the evidence base on the effects of Summer Youth Employment Programs (SYEP) both geographically and methodologically by linking SYEP participant records to a comprehensive integrated longitudinal database to better understand programmatic impacts on youth who completed participation in an SYEP in Cleveland, Ohio. The study matches SYEP participants and unselected applicants on various observed covariates using the Child Household Integrated Longitudinal Data (CHILD) System and relies upon propensity score matching techniques to estimate program completion impacts on educational and criminal justice system involvement outcomes. SYEP completion is associated with a lower prevalence of juvenile offense filings and incarceration events, better school attendance, and improved graduation rates 1–2 years following program participation.

Original language	English
Article number	102284
Journal	Evaluation and Program Planning
Volume	99
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2023.102284
State	Published - Aug 2023

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Human capital
Job mobility
Public policy
Skills
Youth

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