Opportunities for Youth

Evidence Review

Topic Overview

This topic area focuses on youth aged 14-24 who have not recently been in school or the labor force. In particular, CLEAR identified research that examined interventions to provide opportunities for youth to improve their labor market outcomes. This includes research describing these interventions and their implementation, along with studies of the interventions’ effectiveness.

Status: Literature reviewed in this topic area currently covers 1992 - 2015.

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Evidence on the Effectiveness of the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program

Our synthesis reports show the scope of the evidence base and highlight key, actionable insights from the highest-quality causal studies essentially answering the so what of the research.

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Research Synthesis: Opportunities for Youth

Our synthesis reports show the scope of the evidence base and highlight key, actionable insights from the highest-quality causal studies essentially answering the so what of the research.

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Find CLEAR's plain-language reviews of individual studies to learn about what a study found, how it was designed, and how relevant it may be to your needs.

How do we review evidence?

CLEAR reviews studies using formal standards and procedures that were developed in consultation with experts in research methods, as well as with practitioners working in the specific topic area. You can find CLEAR's current Policies and Procedures for reviewing studies and its standards for reviewing studies and rating findings on the CLEAR's Review Process page.