Do Factory Jobs Improve Welfare? Experimental Evidence from Ethiopia

doi:10.1093/wber/lhae015

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Do Factory Jobs Improve Welfare? Experimental Evidence from Ethiopia

creativework.datePublished	Published: 03 April 2024
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dc.contributor.author	Abebe, Girum
dc.contributor.author	Buehren, Niklas
dc.contributor.author	Goldstein, Markus
dc.date.accessioned	2025-02-12T15:54:06Z
dc.date.available	2025-02-12T15:54:06Z
dc.date.issued	2025-02-12
dc.description.abstract	This study explores the impact of a light-touch job-facilitation intervention that supported young female job seekers during the application process for factory work in a newly constructed industrial park in Ethiopia. Using data from a panel of 687 job seekers and randomized access to the support intervention, the study finds that treated applicants are more likely to be employed and have higher earnings and savings eight months after baseline, although these impacts are short-lived. Four years later, the effects on employment and income largely dissipated. The results suggest that young women face significant barriers to engaging in factory work in the short run that a simple job-facilitation intervention can help overcome. In the long term, however, these jobs do not offer a better alternative than other income-generating opportunities.	en
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dc.identifier.citation	The World Bank Economic Review
dc.identifier.doi	10.1093/wber/lhae015
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/42801
dc.identifier.issn	0258-6770
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/42801
dc.language	English
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
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dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subject	INDUSTRIAL PARK
dc.subject	FACTORY JOBS
dc.subject	FEMALE EMPLOYMENT
dc.subject	INCOME
dc.title	Do Factory Jobs Improve Welfare? Experimental Evidence from Ethiopia	en
dc.type	Journal Article
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okr.peerreview	Academic Peer Review
okr.region.administrative	Africa Eastern and Southern (AFE)
okr.region.country	Ethiopia
okr.topic	Gender::Gender Monitoring and Evaluation
okr.topic	Social Protections and Labor::Labor Markets
okr.topic	Social Protections and Labor::Labor Standards
okr.unit	Office of the Chief Economist (AFECE)
okr.volume	39(1)
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