非学分劳动力培训、行业证书与劳动力市场结果
Noncredit workforce training, industry credentials, and labor market outcomes
Journal of Public Economics · 2026 · [{"name": "Di Xu", "affiliation": ["University of California, Irvine"]}, {"name": "Kelli Bird", "affiliation": ["University of Virginia"]}, {"name": "Michael Cooper", "affiliation": ["University of California, Irvine"]}, {"name": "Benjamin Castleman", "affiliation": ["University of Virginia"]}]
中文摘要
我们提供了关于行业认可证书之劳动力市场回报的准实验证据, 这些证书与社区学院的非学分劳动力培训项目相关联。利用弗吉尼亚社区学院系统中非学分劳动力培训项目学员的新颖个体层面行政数据, 并采用个体固定效应模型, 我们通过比较获得证书者与完成相同培训但未获得证书者的劳动力市场轨迹, 估计行业证书的回报。结果表明, 获得行业证书使季度收入增加约818美元, 这部分可归因于其转入更高薪酬行业的可能性上升。我们估计, 这些收入增益将在略多于半年的时间内超过项目成本。
Abstract
We provide quasi-experimental evidence on the labor market returns to industry-recognized credentials connected to community college noncredit workforce training programs. Using novel individual-level administrative data on noncredit workforce training program enrollees in the Virginia Community College System and individual fixed effects models, we estimate the returns to industry credentials by comparing the labor market trajectories of credential earners and individuals who complete the same training but do not obtain a credential. Our results indicate that earning an industry credential increases quarterly earnings by approximately $818, which is partially attributable to a higher likelihood of transitioning into a higher-paying industry. We estimate these earnings gains would exceed program costs in just over half a year.
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