Table 9

Effects of Massachusetts ET Program


ET
Participants
Comparison
Group
 
Difference
Percent
Change
 
Probability of employment 44.5% 36.3% 8.2%*** 23%
Six-month earnings $1,537 $1,147 390*** 34%
Duration of current AFDC spell 10.21 14.44 -4.23*** -29%
Average monthly AFDC grant $294.40 $320 -25.6*** -8%

Statistical significance: *** = 1 percent; ** = 5 percent; * = 10 percent.
Source: Nightingale et al. (1991), Tables 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4 and associated text.