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Study Name
Business Solutions Customized Training (CT) Program as Compared with All Incumbent Workers
Study Sharepoint ID
3141.03
Evaluation name
New York City (NYC) Business Solutions Customized Training (CT) Program
Intervention name from study report
NYC Business Solutions Customized Training (CT) Program
Intervention (standard name)
Business Solutions Customized Training Program
Strength of Evidence Tag
Low
Reason for the Rating

This study received a low study quality rating because it is a quasi-experimental design that does not adjust estimated impacts for potentially important differences between the intervention and comparison groups.

This study received a low study quality rating because it is a quasi-experimental design that does not adjust estimated impacts for potentially important differences between the intervention and comparison groups.

Design
Quasi-experimental design
Services
Occupational or sectoral training
Incumbent worker training
Populations targeted
At least a high school diploma or equivalent
Employed
Settings in which the intervention was studied
Urban only
Percent female
41.00
Percent Male
59.00
Percent No high school diploma or GED
13.00
Percent With a high school diploma or GED
87.00
Percent Employed
100.00
Percent Black or African American
20.00
Percent Hispanic or Latino of any race
29.00
Percent White not Hispanic
21.00
Percent unknown race
30.00
Percent Postsecondary credential
19.00
Mean age
42.00
Group formation formatted

The study used a quasi-experimental design to compare participants in the New York City (NYC) Business Solutions CT program with three different comparison groups. This review focuses on the comparison with all incumbent workers in NYC during the same period. 

Reviews comparing the CT program with other conditions are available elsewhere on this site.
 

Study timing formatted

The study examined outcomes from May through November 2011.

Implementing organization formatted

The New York City Department of Small Business Services 

Treatment condition formatted

The NYC Business Solutions CT program sponsored eligible businesses that compete for funds by proposing a type of training and its expected benefits for their selected trainees and trainers. Eligible trainees were workers who could work full time upon completing the training and who earned $15 or less per hour. Program participants in the intervention condition received customized training that included activities that occur outside of an employee’s regular job description or on-the-job training that aimed to improve employees’ skills in productive work. 

Comparison condition formatted

The comparison group was composed of all incumbent workers in NYC during the same period. 

Mandatory services formatted

None.

Earliest publication year
2014
Most recent publication year
2014
Manuscripts
3141.03
SRG File Path
http://projects.mathematica.net/humanservices/W2WC_50703/Reviews/Shared%20Docum…
Check edits flag
No
Primary Service
Incumbent worker training
State & Region
New York