Publication: Active Labor Market Programs for Youth : A Framework to Guide Youth Employment Interventions
Date
2010-11
ISSN
Published
2010-11
Author(s)
Abstract
Youth are three times more likely to be
unemployed than adults, even in economies with strong
economic growth. This note is a tool to provide policymakers
and youth-serving organizations with a framework to better
diagnose short- to medium-run constraints facing the stock
of unemployed youth and to design evidence based youth
employment interventions. The note only addresses youth
employment; strategies to affect wages, productivity,
underemployment, or job quality are not directly discussed.
This note presents youth-oriented Active Labor Market
Programs (ALMPs) that conform to one of two criteria. Each
intervention either has been shown to have predominately
positive impact, as measured by rigorous impact evaluations,
or has weaker evidence of impact-rigorous evaluations with
mixed evidence of impact or strong positive monitoring
data-and is theoretically sound. Cost-effectiveness
information is presented when available. The note focuses on
programs that are appropriate to address constraints faced
by youth from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Citation
“Cunningham, Wendy; Sanchez-Puerta, Maria Laura; Wuermli, Alice. 2010. Active Labor Market Programs for Youth : A Framework to Guide Youth Employment Interventions. World Bank Employment Policy Primer; No. 16. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/0d0faa27-b7d0-541e-a500-6eb784a89144 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”