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Release Date: October 27, 2023
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The report presents results from the America’s Promise outcomes and impact analysis and draws on findings from the previously completed implementation study to provide context for the presented results (English et al. 2022a). Chapter 1 provides detailed information on the background for the evaluation and the guiding research questions for the outcomes and impact studies.


Release Date: October 26, 2023
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The E2A Tool Kit: Tips for Developing Great Evidence to Action (E2A) Products, produced under the Evidence to Action (E2A) at DOL: Portfolio Project & Process Study, is designed to help research teams plan for and develop effective evidence-to-action research products. While the hope is that the tool kit will be useful for a wider audience, it is written for research contractors who work for the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and for DOL staff who review and provide guidance on research contracts.


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Release Date: October 15, 2023
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This guide provides users with a quick overview for launching the Worker Paid Leave Usage Simulation (Worker PLUS) model. The Worker PLUS User Manual provides two options for launching the model (options 1 and 2) and two options for downloading the American Community Survey (ACS) input files to run model simulations (options A and B). This guide focuses on option 1 for quickly launching the model’s graphical user interface (GUI) in Python and option A for downloading the ACS input files. Users following this quick-start guide do not need to have Python installed to launch the GUI.


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Adult workers
Release Date: October 10, 2023
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The infographic explains how the Worker Paid Leave Usage Simulation (Worker PLUS) Model can help researchers and policymakers anticipate the benefits and costs of paid leave policies.


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Adult workers
Release Date: October 01, 2023
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In 2023, the Chief Evaluation Office (CEO) partnered with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and commissioned Westat to examine the feasibility of using administrative data to conduct an implementation study of the National Construction Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program (SHARP) Pilot (NCSP) under the Administrative Data Research and Analysis portfolio of studies.


Release Date: September 27, 2023
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In 2023, the Chief Evaluation Office (CEO), in collaboration with the Office of Workforce Investment (OWI) located in the Employment and Training Administration (ETA), funded independent contractor Economic Systems, Inc. (EconSys) to conduct the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) Evaluation.


Release Date: September 20, 2023
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The Implementation Study Design report describes the implementation study of both the Apprenticeship Building America (ABA) category 2 Expansion Registered Apprenticeship Program (RAP) Opportunities for Youth ABA grants and the category 3 Ensuring Equitable RAP Pathways through Pre-Apprenticeship Leading to RAP Enrollment and Equity Partnerships grants. The design report begins with background on the ABA grants, with a particular focus on the Category 2 and 3 grants. It describes the key features of a registered apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship program.


Release Date: September 20, 2023
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The report presents the design of the Unemployment Insurance (UI) Navigators Implementation Study, which is one of the components of the Navigator Study Portfolio Project being conducted by Mathematica and its partners Social Policy Research Associates and Needels Consulting, LLC.


Release Date: September 18, 2023
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This research report provides background on women’s labor market experiences and opportunities in apprenticeships and nontraditional occupations in the United States to provide context for the forthcoming descriptive study of the 2020 and 2021 Women in Apprenticeships and Nontraditional Occupations (WANTO) grants. The report also summarizes the planned activities of the grantees, the key features of their programs, and the main topic areas to be included in the descriptive study.


Release Date: September 18, 2023
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The report reviews the latest studies, reports, and documents on Registered Apprenticeship programs to help understand gaps in apprenticeship knowledge. It discusses what we know about the benefits of apprenticeship for employers, workers, and society; how the federal government has been investing in the apprenticeship system; and what we have learned from state efforts to expand apprenticeship. The report also reviews the evidence for what specific types of Registered Apprenticeship programs work and for whom.


Release Date: September 10, 2023
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The brief is part of the State Apprenticeship Systems Capacity Assessment Study funded by the U.S. Department of Labor, which is aimed at understanding how state apprenticeship systems operate to achieve goals.


Release Date: September 10, 2023
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The brief is part of the State Apprenticeship Systems Capacity Assessment Study funded by the U.S. Department of Labor, which is aimed at understanding how state apprenticeship systems operate to achieve goals. This brief discusses how states use incentives to promote and expand apprenticeship, the benefits of incentives, and the challenges in the administration and implementation of incentives.


Release Date: August 29, 2023
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In early 2023, The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Chief Evaluation Office (CEO) partnered with DOL’s Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB) to fund contractor The Manhattan Strategy Group (MSG), LLC to help DOL understand available information regarding the fundamental labor rights, working conditions, and access to employment for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex (LGBTQI+) individuals in Latin America. MSG produced a literature scan and provided an accompanying briefing for DOL.


Release Date: August 25, 2023
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The report summarizes findings from a study examining the implementation of a series of training courses offered to compliance officers (COs) within the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). The study captures the perceptions of COs and managers about the trainings and looks at the accuracy and efficiency with which COs processed cases in the period following the trainings.


Release Date: August 01, 2023
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Literature review that seeks to document evidence on Black Veterans’ experience transitioning from military to civilian employment. The review synthesizes findings from recent research on employment outcomes, highlights factors associated with employment outcomes, describes best practices and interventions, services, and support needs, and identifies gaps in the existing body of literature that prevent the current state and needs of Black Veterans from being fully understood.


Release Date: July 17, 2023
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In 2018, the Chief Evaluation Office (CEO) partnered with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and funded contractor Eastern Research Group, Inc (ERG) to conduct a study focused on the use of consensus standards for occupational safety and health management systems (Employer Adoption of Voluntary Health and Safety Standards).


Release Date: July 01, 2023
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The report relates to an effort by the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Chief Evaluation Office (CEO), in collaboration with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), to understand how and why employers adopt voluntary consensus standards for occupational health and safety (OHS) management. This final report describes the processes governing the development of standards for occupational safety and health management systems.


Release Date: July 01, 2023
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Technical supplement to the Evaluation of the Transition Assistance Program (TAP) Impact Study Report that provides study details on propensity score matching, study sample, data elements and sources, data analyses, labor market context, outcomes of the overall sample, main impact analyses, subgroup analyses, associational analyses, and references.


Release Date: July 01, 2023
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The report examines the early implementation of the Transition Assistance Program (TAP) Employment Navigator and Partnership Pilot (ENPP), which launched April 1, 2021, and variations in implementation by site. Data collection for this study includes interviews and focus groups with pilot staff and transitioning Service members at the 13 pilot sites, as well as with national Veteran employment partners. Interim findings were shared with Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (VETS) leadership to inform pilot enhancement and expansion.


Release Date: July 01, 2023
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The report describes the quasi-experimental study using administrative data from the U.S. Army and the National Directory of New Hires that examined the impact of the Transition Assistance Program (TAP) on the employment and wages of recently separated Veterans. The study used a matched comparison group design to compare the outcomes of Veterans who participated in TAP to similar Veterans who did not participate. It presents the estimated impacts of participating in TAP up to 36 months post-separation.


Release Date: June 29, 2023
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In 2023, the Chief Evaluation Office (CEO), in collaboration with the Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP), funded independent contractor Abt Associates to conduct the evaluation of ODEP’s Equitable Transition Models (ETM) Demonstration Projects. The ETM Evaluation aims to build the evidence of strategies to enable low-income youth and young adults with disabilities (Y&YAD) ages 16-24, including those experiencing homelessness, leaving foster care, or involved in the justice system, to successfully transition into the workforce.


Release Date: May 15, 2023
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In 2017, the Chief Evaluation Office (CEO) funded contractor Mathematica and its partners, American Institutes for Research, the Urban Institute, the W.E. Upjohn Institute, and ideas42, to assist with CEO’s Behavioral Interventions (BI) work, including developing rigorous impact evaluation design options for studying innovative program improvement strategies. In 2019, in partnership with the Employment and Training Administration (ETA), the BI team began investigating behavioral barriers to successful online job search.


Release Date: May 15, 2023
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In 2021, the Chief Evaluation Office (CEO) partnered with the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services and 11 participating counties in Ohio, funding contractor American Institutes for Research to conduct the Using Behavioral Insights to Increase Youth Use of Workforce Services in Virtual Contexts. The impact evaluation aims to test how behavioral insights can enhance service engagement and completion among young adults participating in Ohio’s Comprehensive Case Management and Employment Progr


Release Date: May 01, 2023
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The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), Employment and Training Administration (ETA), Office of Workforce Investment (OWI) supports state and local workforce agencies in providing information to help job seekers successfully search for work. As part of this support, OWI asked the DOL Chief Evaluation Office (CEO) and the DOL Behavioral Interventions (DOL BI) team to explore whether applications of behavioral science could improve the usefulness of the information that job seekers use when searching for positions, investing in training, and considering career options.


Release Date: May 01, 2023
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Appendices to the Using Behavioral Insights to Increase Youth Use of Workforce Services in Virtual Contexts Final Report: Appendix A: Resources for Learning More About Behavioral Insights and How to Use Them for Continuous Improvement, Appendix B: Supplementary Details on Study Context and Design, Appendix C: Technical Details on Impact Estimates, and References.