James J. Kemple with Cynthia J. Willner – 2008
A longitudinal study of the US careers academies programme. It shows that young people who enrol in the initiative, where they work closely with employers over the last two years of school study, receive a significant and sustained boost into the labour market, earning 11% more than a control group at age 26.
Since 1993, MDRC has been conducting a uniquely rigorous evaluation of the Career Academy approach that uses a random assignment research design in a diverse group of nine high schools across the United States.