Job Corps: Lessons from US programmes for at-risk / disadvantaged youth

The School of Public Affairs, in partnership with the Chaire de Sécurisation des Parcours Professionnels, is pleased to host Peter Schochet for a discussion of his study on US programmes for at-risk / disadvantaged youth.

Peter Schochet is a nationally known methodological expert in experimental and nonexperimental evaluations of interventions in education, employment, and welfare.

Schochet, who publishes frequently in peer-reviewed journals such as the American Economic Review, Evaluation Review, the Journal of Policy Analysis Management, the Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, and the Journal of Human Resources, has presented at many professional conferences and briefings and lectured on evaluation design at Columbia University and other venues. He has a Ph.D. in Economics from Yale University.

 

Schochet will discuss his study with Stéphane Carcillo, Senior Economist at the OECD and a Research Fellow at Sciences Po. He received his PhD in Economics at the University of Paris I – Panthéon Sorbonne in 2001.