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  • vocational training for Disadvantaged Youth in colombia a long term follow up
    American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2017
    Co-Authors: Orazio Attanasio, Arlen Guarin, Carlos Medina, Costas Meghir
    Abstract:

    We evaluate the long-term impacts of a randomized Colombian training and job placement program. Following the large short-term effects, we now find that the program effects persist, increasing formal participation and earnings contributions to social security and working in larger firms. By using a large administrative source we are also able to establish that the program improved both male and female labor market outcomes by a similar amount--a result that was not apparent with the smaller evaluation sample. The results point to a cost-effective approach to reducing informality and improving labor market outcomes in the long run.

  • subsidizing vocational training for Disadvantaged Youth in colombia evidence from a randomized trial
    Social Science Research Network, 2011
    Co-Authors: Orazio Attanasio, Adriana D Kugler, Costas Meghir
    Abstract:

    This paper evaluates the impact of a randomized training program for Disadvantaged Youth introduced in Colombia in 2005. This randomized trial offers a unique opportunity to examine the impact of training in a middle income country. We use originally collected data on individuals randomly offered and not offered training. The program raises earnings and employment for women. Women offered training earn 19.6 percent more and have a 0.068 higher probability of paid employment than those not offered training, mainly in formal-sector jobs. Cost-benefit analysis of these results suggests that the program generates much larger net gains than those found in developed countries.

  • subsidizing vocational training for Disadvantaged Youth in colombia evidence from a randomized trial
    American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2011
    Co-Authors: Orazio Attanasio, Adriana D Kugler, Costas Meghir
    Abstract:

    This paper evaluates the impact of a randomized training program for Disadvantaged Youth introduced in Colombia in 2005. This randomized trial offers a unique opportunity to examine the impact of training in a middle income country. We use originally collected data on individuals randomly offered and not offered training. The program raises earnings and employment for women. Women offered training earn 19.6 percent more and have a 0.068 higher probability of paid employment than those not offered training, mainly in formal-sector jobs. Cost-benefit analysis of these results suggests that the program generates much larger net gains than those found in developed countries. (JEL I28, J13, J24, O15)

  • subsidizing vocational training for Disadvantaged Youth in developing countries evidence from a randomized trial
    Research Papers in Economics, 2009
    Co-Authors: Orazio Attanasio, Adriana D Kugler, Costas Meghir
    Abstract:

    This paper evaluates the impact of a randomized training program for Disadvantaged Youth introduced in Colombia in 2005. This randomized trial offers a unique opportunity to examine the impact of training in developing countries. We use originally collected data on individuals randomly offered and not offered training. The program raises earnings and employment, especially for women. Women offered training earn 18% more and have a 0.05 higher probability of employment than those not offered training, mainly in formal sector jobs. Cost-benefit analysis of these results suggests that the program generates much larger net gains than those found in developed countries.

  • training Disadvantaged Youth in latin america evidence from a randomized trial
    Research Papers in Economics, 2008
    Co-Authors: Orazio Attanasio, Adriana D Kugler, Costas Meghir
    Abstract:

    Youth unemployment in Latin America is exceptionally high, as much as 50% among the poor. Vocational training may be the best chance to help unemployed young people at the bottom of the income distribution. This paper evaluates the impact of a randomized training program for Disadvantaged Youth introduced in Colombia in 2005 on the employment and earnings of trainees. This is one of a couple of randomized training trials conducted in developing countries and, thus, offers a unique opportunity to examine the causal impact of training in a developing country context. We use originally collected data on individuals randomly offered and not offered training. We find that the program raises earnings and employment for both men and women, with larger effects on women. Women offered training earn about 18% more than those not offered training, while men offered training earn about 8% more than men not offered training. Much of the earnings increases for both men and women are related to increased employment in formal sector jobs following training. The benefits of training are greater when individuals spend more time doing on-the-job training, while hours of training in the classroom have no impact on the returns to training. Cost-benefit analysis of these results suggests that the program generates a large net gain, especially for women.

Pablo Ibarraran - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • life skills employability and training for Disadvantaged Youth evidence from a randomized evaluation design
    IZA Journal of Labor & Development, 2014
    Co-Authors: Pablo Ibarraran, Laura Ripani, Bibiana Taboada, Juan Miguel Villa, Brigida Garcia
    Abstract:

    This paper presents an impact evaluation of a revamped version of the Dominican Republic’s Youth training program Juventud y Empleo. The paper analyzes the impact of the program on traditional labor market outcomes and on outcomes related to Youth behavior and life style, expectations about the future and socio-emotional skills. In terms of labor market outcomes, the program has a positive impact on job formality for men of about 17 percent and there is also a seven percent increase in monthly earnings among those employed. However, there are no overall impacts on employment rates. Regarding non-labor market outcomes, the program reduces teenage pregnancy by five percentage points in the treatment group (about 45 percent), which is consistent with an overall increase in Youth expectations about the future. The program also has a positive impact on non-cognitive skills as measured by three different scales. Scores improve between 0.08 and 0.16 standard deviations with the program. Although recent progress noted in the literature suggests that socio-emotional skills increase employability and quality of employment, the practical significance of the impacts is unclear, as there is only weak evidence that the life skills measures used are associated to better labor market performance. This is an area of growing interest and relevance that requires further research. J24, J64, O15, O17.

  • life skills employability and training for Disadvantaged Youth evidence from a randomized evaluation design
    Social Science Research Network, 2012
    Co-Authors: Pablo Ibarraran, Laura Ripani, Bibiana Taboada, Juan Miguel Villa, Brigida Garcia
    Abstract:

    This paper presents an impact evaluation of a revamped version of the Dominican Youth training program Juventud y Empleo. The paper analyzes the impact of the program on traditional labor market outcomes and on outcomes related to Youth behavior and life style, expectations about the future and socio-emotional skills. In terms of labor market outcomes, the program has a positive impact on job formality for men of about 17 percent and there is also a seven percent increase in monthly earnings among those employed. However, there are no overall impacts on employment rates. Regarding non-labor market outcomes, the program reduces teenage pregnancy by five percentage points in the treatment group (about 45 percent), which is consistent with an overall increase in Youth expectations about the future. The program also has a positive impact on non-cognitive skills as measured by three different scales. Scores improve between 0.08 and 0.16 standard deviations with the program. Although recent progress noted in the literature suggests that socio-emotional skills increase employability and quality of employment, the practical significance of the impacts is unclear, as there is only weak evidence that the life skills measures used are associated to better labor market performance. This is an area of growing interest and relevance that requires further research.

  • evaluating the impact of job training programmes in latin america evidence from idb funded operations
    Journal of Development Effectiveness, 2009
    Co-Authors: Pablo Ibarraran, David Rosas Shady
    Abstract:

    Among active labour market programmes, job training is popular in Latin America as an attempt to help the labour market insertion of Disadvantaged Youth, and also as a way of providing skills to low-income groups to enable them to deal with the challenges of globalisation. This paper summarises the findings from the first rigorous set of evaluations of job training programmes in Latin America that were made in the context of a project undertaken by the Office of Evaluation and Oversight at the Inter-American Development Bank. This research was complemented by two independent impact evaluations of similar training programmes in Chile and Colombia. The paper reports the results of two evaluations with an experimental design (the Dominican Republic and Colombia), one with a natural experiment (Panama), and four non-experimental evaluations (Argentina, Chile, Peru, and Mexico). Overall, in contrast to the evidence for developed countries, the results suggest that employment effects range from modest to meaningful - increasing the employment rate by about 0 to 5 percentage points - although higher and significant for some groups, such as women in Colombia and Panama - with an impact of 6 to 12 percentage points in the employment rate. In most cases there are larger and significant impacts on job quality, measured by getting a formal job, having a contract, and/or receiving health insurance as a benefit.

Orazio Attanasio - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • vocational training for Disadvantaged Youth in colombia a long term follow up
    American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2017
    Co-Authors: Orazio Attanasio, Arlen Guarin, Carlos Medina, Costas Meghir
    Abstract:

    We evaluate the long-term impacts of a randomized Colombian training and job placement program. Following the large short-term effects, we now find that the program effects persist, increasing formal participation and earnings contributions to social security and working in larger firms. By using a large administrative source we are also able to establish that the program improved both male and female labor market outcomes by a similar amount--a result that was not apparent with the smaller evaluation sample. The results point to a cost-effective approach to reducing informality and improving labor market outcomes in the long run.

  • subsidizing vocational training for Disadvantaged Youth in colombia evidence from a randomized trial
    Social Science Research Network, 2011
    Co-Authors: Orazio Attanasio, Adriana D Kugler, Costas Meghir
    Abstract:

    This paper evaluates the impact of a randomized training program for Disadvantaged Youth introduced in Colombia in 2005. This randomized trial offers a unique opportunity to examine the impact of training in a middle income country. We use originally collected data on individuals randomly offered and not offered training. The program raises earnings and employment for women. Women offered training earn 19.6 percent more and have a 0.068 higher probability of paid employment than those not offered training, mainly in formal-sector jobs. Cost-benefit analysis of these results suggests that the program generates much larger net gains than those found in developed countries.

  • subsidizing vocational training for Disadvantaged Youth in colombia evidence from a randomized trial
    American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2011
    Co-Authors: Orazio Attanasio, Adriana D Kugler, Costas Meghir
    Abstract:

    This paper evaluates the impact of a randomized training program for Disadvantaged Youth introduced in Colombia in 2005. This randomized trial offers a unique opportunity to examine the impact of training in a middle income country. We use originally collected data on individuals randomly offered and not offered training. The program raises earnings and employment for women. Women offered training earn 19.6 percent more and have a 0.068 higher probability of paid employment than those not offered training, mainly in formal-sector jobs. Cost-benefit analysis of these results suggests that the program generates much larger net gains than those found in developed countries. (JEL I28, J13, J24, O15)

  • subsidizing vocational training for Disadvantaged Youth in developing countries evidence from a randomized trial
    Research Papers in Economics, 2009
    Co-Authors: Orazio Attanasio, Adriana D Kugler, Costas Meghir
    Abstract:

    This paper evaluates the impact of a randomized training program for Disadvantaged Youth introduced in Colombia in 2005. This randomized trial offers a unique opportunity to examine the impact of training in developing countries. We use originally collected data on individuals randomly offered and not offered training. The program raises earnings and employment, especially for women. Women offered training earn 18% more and have a 0.05 higher probability of employment than those not offered training, mainly in formal sector jobs. Cost-benefit analysis of these results suggests that the program generates much larger net gains than those found in developed countries.

  • training Disadvantaged Youth in latin america evidence from a randomized trial
    Research Papers in Economics, 2008
    Co-Authors: Orazio Attanasio, Adriana D Kugler, Costas Meghir
    Abstract:

    Youth unemployment in Latin America is exceptionally high, as much as 50% among the poor. Vocational training may be the best chance to help unemployed young people at the bottom of the income distribution. This paper evaluates the impact of a randomized training program for Disadvantaged Youth introduced in Colombia in 2005 on the employment and earnings of trainees. This is one of a couple of randomized training trials conducted in developing countries and, thus, offers a unique opportunity to examine the causal impact of training in a developing country context. We use originally collected data on individuals randomly offered and not offered training. We find that the program raises earnings and employment for both men and women, with larger effects on women. Women offered training earn about 18% more than those not offered training, while men offered training earn about 8% more than men not offered training. Much of the earnings increases for both men and women are related to increased employment in formal sector jobs following training. The benefits of training are greater when individuals spend more time doing on-the-job training, while hours of training in the classroom have no impact on the returns to training. Cost-benefit analysis of these results suggests that the program generates a large net gain, especially for women.

Adriana D Kugler - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • the long term impacts and spillovers of training for Disadvantaged Youth
    Social Science Research Network, 2015
    Co-Authors: Adriana D Kugler
    Abstract:

    We use administrative data to examine medium and long-term formal education and labor market impacts among participants and family members of a randomized vocational training program for Disadvantaged Youth in Colombia. In the Colombian program, vocational training and formal education are complementary investments: relative to non-participants, randomly selected participants are more likely to complete secondary school and to attend and persist in tertiary education eight years after random assignment. Complementarity is strongest among applicants with high baseline educational attainment. Training also has educational spillover effects on participants’ family members, who are more likely to enroll in tertiary education. Between three and eight years after randomization, participants are more likely to enter and remain in formal employment, and have formal sector earnings that are at least 11 percent higher than those of non-participants.

  • subsidizing vocational training for Disadvantaged Youth in colombia evidence from a randomized trial
    Social Science Research Network, 2011
    Co-Authors: Orazio Attanasio, Adriana D Kugler, Costas Meghir
    Abstract:

    This paper evaluates the impact of a randomized training program for Disadvantaged Youth introduced in Colombia in 2005. This randomized trial offers a unique opportunity to examine the impact of training in a middle income country. We use originally collected data on individuals randomly offered and not offered training. The program raises earnings and employment for women. Women offered training earn 19.6 percent more and have a 0.068 higher probability of paid employment than those not offered training, mainly in formal-sector jobs. Cost-benefit analysis of these results suggests that the program generates much larger net gains than those found in developed countries.

  • subsidizing vocational training for Disadvantaged Youth in colombia evidence from a randomized trial
    American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2011
    Co-Authors: Orazio Attanasio, Adriana D Kugler, Costas Meghir
    Abstract:

    This paper evaluates the impact of a randomized training program for Disadvantaged Youth introduced in Colombia in 2005. This randomized trial offers a unique opportunity to examine the impact of training in a middle income country. We use originally collected data on individuals randomly offered and not offered training. The program raises earnings and employment for women. Women offered training earn 19.6 percent more and have a 0.068 higher probability of paid employment than those not offered training, mainly in formal-sector jobs. Cost-benefit analysis of these results suggests that the program generates much larger net gains than those found in developed countries. (JEL I28, J13, J24, O15)

  • subsidizing vocational training for Disadvantaged Youth in developing countries evidence from a randomized trial
    Research Papers in Economics, 2009
    Co-Authors: Orazio Attanasio, Adriana D Kugler, Costas Meghir
    Abstract:

    This paper evaluates the impact of a randomized training program for Disadvantaged Youth introduced in Colombia in 2005. This randomized trial offers a unique opportunity to examine the impact of training in developing countries. We use originally collected data on individuals randomly offered and not offered training. The program raises earnings and employment, especially for women. Women offered training earn 18% more and have a 0.05 higher probability of employment than those not offered training, mainly in formal sector jobs. Cost-benefit analysis of these results suggests that the program generates much larger net gains than those found in developed countries.

  • training Disadvantaged Youth in latin america evidence from a randomized trial
    Research Papers in Economics, 2008
    Co-Authors: Orazio Attanasio, Adriana D Kugler, Costas Meghir
    Abstract:

    Youth unemployment in Latin America is exceptionally high, as much as 50% among the poor. Vocational training may be the best chance to help unemployed young people at the bottom of the income distribution. This paper evaluates the impact of a randomized training program for Disadvantaged Youth introduced in Colombia in 2005 on the employment and earnings of trainees. This is one of a couple of randomized training trials conducted in developing countries and, thus, offers a unique opportunity to examine the causal impact of training in a developing country context. We use originally collected data on individuals randomly offered and not offered training. We find that the program raises earnings and employment for both men and women, with larger effects on women. Women offered training earn about 18% more than those not offered training, while men offered training earn about 8% more than men not offered training. Much of the earnings increases for both men and women are related to increased employment in formal sector jobs following training. The benefits of training are greater when individuals spend more time doing on-the-job training, while hours of training in the classroom have no impact on the returns to training. Cost-benefit analysis of these results suggests that the program generates a large net gain, especially for women.

Brigida Garcia - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • life skills employability and training for Disadvantaged Youth evidence from a randomized evaluation design
    IZA Journal of Labor & Development, 2014
    Co-Authors: Pablo Ibarraran, Laura Ripani, Bibiana Taboada, Juan Miguel Villa, Brigida Garcia
    Abstract:

    This paper presents an impact evaluation of a revamped version of the Dominican Republic’s Youth training program Juventud y Empleo. The paper analyzes the impact of the program on traditional labor market outcomes and on outcomes related to Youth behavior and life style, expectations about the future and socio-emotional skills. In terms of labor market outcomes, the program has a positive impact on job formality for men of about 17 percent and there is also a seven percent increase in monthly earnings among those employed. However, there are no overall impacts on employment rates. Regarding non-labor market outcomes, the program reduces teenage pregnancy by five percentage points in the treatment group (about 45 percent), which is consistent with an overall increase in Youth expectations about the future. The program also has a positive impact on non-cognitive skills as measured by three different scales. Scores improve between 0.08 and 0.16 standard deviations with the program. Although recent progress noted in the literature suggests that socio-emotional skills increase employability and quality of employment, the practical significance of the impacts is unclear, as there is only weak evidence that the life skills measures used are associated to better labor market performance. This is an area of growing interest and relevance that requires further research. J24, J64, O15, O17.

  • life skills employability and training for Disadvantaged Youth evidence from a randomized evaluation design
    Social Science Research Network, 2012
    Co-Authors: Pablo Ibarraran, Laura Ripani, Bibiana Taboada, Juan Miguel Villa, Brigida Garcia
    Abstract:

    This paper presents an impact evaluation of a revamped version of the Dominican Youth training program Juventud y Empleo. The paper analyzes the impact of the program on traditional labor market outcomes and on outcomes related to Youth behavior and life style, expectations about the future and socio-emotional skills. In terms of labor market outcomes, the program has a positive impact on job formality for men of about 17 percent and there is also a seven percent increase in monthly earnings among those employed. However, there are no overall impacts on employment rates. Regarding non-labor market outcomes, the program reduces teenage pregnancy by five percentage points in the treatment group (about 45 percent), which is consistent with an overall increase in Youth expectations about the future. The program also has a positive impact on non-cognitive skills as measured by three different scales. Scores improve between 0.08 and 0.16 standard deviations with the program. Although recent progress noted in the literature suggests that socio-emotional skills increase employability and quality of employment, the practical significance of the impacts is unclear, as there is only weak evidence that the life skills measures used are associated to better labor market performance. This is an area of growing interest and relevance that requires further research.