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Demand-Driven Youth Training Programs: Experimental Evidence from Mongolia

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dc.contributor.authorAlzúa, Maria Laura
dc.contributor.authorBatbekh, Soyolmaa
dc.contributor.authorBatchuluun, Altantsetseg
dc.contributor.authorDalkhjav, Bayarmaa
dc.contributor.authorGaldo, José
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-09T21:31:58Z
dc.date.available2024-01-09T21:31:58Z
dc.date.issued2020-06-03
dc.description.abstractThe effectiveness of a demand-driven vocational-training program for disadvantaged youth in Ulaanbaatar, the capital city of Mongolia is assessed through a randomized controlled trial. Mongolia, a transitional country whose economic structure shifted from a Communist, centrally planned economy to a free-market economy over a relatively short period, offers a new setting in which to test the effectiveness of market-based active-labor-market policies. Results show short-term positive impacts on self-employment and skills match, while positive but uncertain effects emerge for employment and earnings. Substantial heterogeneity emerges as relatively older, richer, and better-educated individuals drive these positive effects. A second intervention, in which participants were randomly assigned to receive newsletters with information on market returns to vocational training, shows statistically meaningful effects on the length of exposure to the program (i.e., number of training days attended). These positive impacts, however, do not lead to higher employment or greater earnings.en
dc.identifier.citationWorld Bank Economic Review
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/40867
dc.identifier.issn1564-698X online
dc.identifier.issn0258-6770 print
dc.identifier.urihttps://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/40867
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherPublished by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesWorld Bank Economic Review
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectVOCATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMS
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET
dc.subjectRANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectEARNINGS
dc.subjectJOB QUALITY
dc.subjectWAGES
dc.titleDemand-Driven Youth Training Programsen
dc.title.subtitleExperimental Evidence from Mongoliaen
dc.typeJournal article
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okr.crossref.titleDemand-Driven Youth Training Programs: Experimental Evidence from Mongolia
okr.date.disclosure2020-06-03
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Journal Article
okr.identifier.doi10.1093/wber/lhaa013
okr.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1596/40867
okr.journal.nbpages720–744
okr.language.supporteden
okr.region.administrativeEast Asia and Pacific
okr.region.countryMongolia
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Skills Development and Labor Force Training
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Wages, Compensation & Benefits
okr.topicGovernance::Youth and Governance
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty and Policy
okr.volume35(3)
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