More than a Paycheck? : The Impact of Summer Youth Employment on Students' Educational Engagement and Success. IESP Policy Brief No. 02-12 / Jacob Leos-Urbel, Amy Ellen Schwartz and Meryle Weinstein.

This policy brief presents initial findings of the impact of New York City's Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) on academic outcomes for public school students. Despite the broad appeal of providing summer jobs for urban youth, there is little research documenting the relationship between s...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Authors:	Leos-Urbel, Jacob, Schwartz, Amy Ellen (Author), Weinstein, Meryle (Author), Weitzman, Beth C. (Author)
Corporate Author:	New York University. Institute for Education and Social Policy
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 2012.
Subjects:	Urban Areas. Summer Programs. Student Employment. Program Effectiveness. Public Schools. High School Students. Correlation. Attendance Patterns. Academic Achievement. Learner Engagement. Student Records. Job Placement. At Risk Students. Probability. Low Income Groups.