Reducing inequality summer by summer: Lessons from an evaluation of the Boston Summer Youth Employment Program

Modestino, Alicia Sasser; Paulsen, Richard J.

doi:10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2018.09.006

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“…In 69 countries, the poorest 40% had an increase in their income; however, it is still important to note that in many countries the percentage of growth is contained in the 1% of the richest population (United Nations 2020g). Modestino and Paulsen (2019) present in their studies a local initiative that aims to reduce social inequalities in cities in the United States. The program called from one summer to another, and seeks to improve behavioral, academic, economic, and long-term results, especially for young black and low-income people, where it was possible to identify that young people, who participated in the program had an increase especially in community involvement and promoting preparation skills both for the job market and for university studies.…”

Section: Sustainable Development Goalsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Development and Equality: UN’s Effort with Least Developed Countries (LDC)

Lima¹,

Neiva²

2021

Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals

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The United Nations recognizes that Least Developed Countries (LDCs) are a category of States considered to be highly disadvantaged in their development process, for structural, historical, and geographical reasons. Facing more than other countries the risk of deeper poverty and of remaining underdeveloped. More than 75% of the LDC population still lives in poverty. Thus, these countries can still be characterized by their vulnerability to external economic shocks, natural and man-made disasters and communicable diseases, and great inequality. In this way, it can be said that LDCs need the highest degree of attention from the international community and support from partnerships such as the United Nations efforts to promote development and equity.

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Section: Sustainable Development Goalsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Development and Equality: UN’s Effort with Least Developed Countries (LDC)

Lima¹,

Neiva²

2021

Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals

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“…Evaluating a Boston‐based summer employment programme using an randomised controlled trial (RCT), Modestino (2019) observed a reduction in violent‐crime and property‐crime arrests amongst programme participants—a pattern that persisted up to 17 months after participation. Furthermore, programme participants showed significantly increased community engagement, social skills, job readiness and future intentions to work (Modestino & Paulsen, 2019). This reduction in criminal behaviour was also observed in other summer employment programmes implemented in other cities across the United States (Davis & Heller, 2020; Heller, 2014; Heller, 2021).…”

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confidence: 99%

PROTOCOL: Impact of summer programmes on the outcomes of disadvantaged or at risk young people: A systematic review

Muir

Newton

Orlando

2023

Campbell Systematic Reviews

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This is the protocol for a Campbell systematic review. The objectives are as follows: based on the findings of the initial literature review regarding the types of summer programmes used to support disadvantaged or at risk young people, the outcomes they aim to affect and the goals of the funding organisations and research team, this review will seek to answer the following research questions: (1) to what extent does participation in summer employment programmes improve outcomes for disadvantaged or at risk young people, (2) to what extent does participation in summer educational programmes improve outcomes for disadvantaged or at risk young people, and (3) to what extent do the impacts of summer programmes vary based on the study, participant and intervention characteristics including the racial and ethnic make‐up of participants?

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“…Soft skills are considered as cognitive, communicative, organizational and ethical characteristics formed in adolescents and young people, assisting in ensuring the performance in a wide range of educational and production tasks. Social and pedagogical factors in the formation of soft skills; the potential of youth organizations used in the formation of soft skills; the problem of "skills mismatch", considered as an evidence of disadvantages of education, are studied in the works of Andreoni et al [1], Adnan et al [2], Adely et al [3], Modestino et al [4], Bodolica et al [5], Jagannathan et al [6], Sek-yum Ngai et al [7], Zeira et al [8] and others. The studies in which the factors of the spread of deviations in adolescents and youth are identified and the prerequisites for the formation of asocial and antisocial values are determined, are carried out by Kuzmenkov [9], Berdibayeva et al [10], Casas et al [11], Cunha et al [12], Masengo et al [13] and others.…”

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confidence: 99%

Study of the value orientations and soft skills in modern senior high school students (in the context of the doctrine of sustainable development)

Pozharskaya

Golosnov²,

Popova³

et al. 2022

E3S Web Conf.

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The concept of sustainable development involves maintaining the stability of social systems through the development of human capital. The formation of values and universal skills of the youth population is an important component of human capital. The article studies the problem of the universal readiness of school leavers for academic activity and professional labor that is expressed by the degree of formation of value orientations, which are the basis for non-specialized soft skills. The level of development of soft skills of senior high school students in modern comprehensive schools, that ensures the behavioral characteristics of self-organization and work ethics, depends on the values they share, which were studied using the survey method. The randomized survey of senior high school students in Rostov region (N = 4037, 59.3% of girls), carried out in 2019, was aimed at identification of the elements of social collectivism - social egoism in the minds of young people and normative - deviant components of behavior motivation. The studied value orientations of young people were re-duced to social-cognitive elements and attitudes. The authors proceeded from the fact that evident social collectivism - social egoism is directly associated with manifestations of normative / deviant behavior. As a result of processing of the data obtained, a quantitative analysis and explication of the development of value orientations and soft skills in the field of work and organizational ethics of the modern contingent of secondary school students was represented, what made it possible to formulate the preferential directions of pedagogic work.

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Reducing inequality summer by summer: Lessons from an evaluation of the Boston Summer Youth Employment Program

Cited by 9 publications

References 16 publications

Development and Equality: UN’s Effort with Least Developed Countries (LDC)

Development and Equality: UN’s Effort with Least Developed Countries (LDC)

PROTOCOL: Impact of summer programmes on the outcomes of disadvantaged or at risk young people: A systematic review

Study of the value orientations and soft skills in modern senior high school students (in the context of the doctrine of sustainable development)

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