Sanchez-Puerta, Maria LauraCunningham, WendyWuermli, Alice2012-08-132012-08-132010-11https://hdl.handle.net/10986/11690Youth 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.CC BY 3.0 IGOACADEMIC PERFORMANCEACTIVE LABORACTIVE LABOR MARKETACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMSADOLESCENT GIRLSADULT LITERACYADULT LITERACY PROGRAMSADULTSAPPRENTICESHIP TRAININGBASIC EDUCATIONBASIC SKILLSBENEFITS OF EDUCATIONCAPITAL INVESTMENTSCAREER COUNSELINGCHILD CARECHILDCARECLASSROOMCLASSROOM MANAGEMENTCOMPUTER LITERACYCOUNTRY-SPECIFIC FACTORSDEADWEIGHTDEADWEIGHT LOSSDEVELOPMENT ECONOMICSDEVELOPMENT EFFECTIVENESSDISADVANTAGED GROUPSDISADVANTAGED WORKERSDISPLACEMENTDROPOUT RATESEARLY CHILDHOODEARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENTEARNINGECONOMIC BENEFITSECONOMIC GROWTHEDUCATION PROGRAMSEDUCATION SYSTEMEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTELEMENTARY SCHOOLELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERSEMPLOYABILITYEMPLOYEEEMPLOYMENTEMPLOYMENT IMPACTEMPLOYMENT OFFICESEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIESEMPLOYMENT POLICYEMPLOYMENT PROGRAMSEMPLOYMENT PROSPECTSEMPLOYMENT SERVICESEMPLOYMENT TRAININGEMPLOYMENT TRENDSENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITYENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLSETHNIC MINORITIESFAMILY LIFEFAMILY LIFE EDUCATIONFINDING EMPLOYMENTFINDING JOBSFIRING COSTSFUNCTIONAL LITERACYGENDER DIFFERENCESGENDER DISCRIMINATIONGENDER DISPARITIESGENDER DISPARITYGENDER PARITYGENERAL EDUCATIONGIRLSHIGH SCHOOLHIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMAHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN DEVELOPMENTINCOMEINCOME EARNINGINFORMAL SECTORINNOVATIONINTERNATIONAL LITERACYINTERNSHIPSINTERVENTIONSINVENTORYJOB CREATIONJOB SEARCHJOB SEARCH ASSISTANCEJOB SEARCH TRAININGLABOR DEMANDLABOR ECONOMICSLABOR FORCELABOR MARKET OUTCOMESLABOR MARKET REGULATIONSLABOR MARKET SUCCESSLABOR MARKETSLABOR RELATIONSLABOR SUPPLYLABOURLABOUR OFFICELEADERSHIPLEARNINGLEARNING OBJECTIVESLIFE SKILLSLIFE SKILLS EDUCATIONLITERACYLITERACY PROGRAMSLITERACY RATESLITERACY STATISTICSMALE PARTICIPANTSMANPOWERMARKET WAGESMASTERCRAFTSMENMOTIVATIONNON-FORMAL EDUCATIONNUMERACYOCCUPATIONSON-THE-JOB TRAININGOPPORTUNITY COSTSPERSONALITYPHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTUREPHYSICSPOLITICAL ECONOMYPOST-PROGRAM EMPLOYMENTPRELIMINARY RESULTSPRIVATE SECTORPRIVATE TRAININGPRIVATE TRAINING PROVIDERSPROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLSPRODUCTIVE WORKPRODUCTIVITYPROGRAM CONTENTPROGRAM COSTPROGRAM DESIGNPROGRAM DESIGNSPROGRAM DURATIONPUBLIC SERVICEPUBLIC WORKSPUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMSPUBLIC WORKS PROJECTPUBLIC-WORKS EMPLOYMENTRADIORELIGIOUS BELIEFSRETURNS TO EDUCATIONRISING UNEMPLOYMENTRISING UNEMPLOYMENT RATESSAFETYSAFETY NETSAFETY NETSSCHOOL ATTENDANCESCHOOL DROPOUTSCHOOL SYSTEMSSCHOOLINGSCHOOLSSCIENCE EDUCATIONSECONDARY SCHOOLSKILLS ACQUISITIONSKILLS DEVELOPMENTSKILLS TRAININGSOCIAL CAPITALSOCIAL DEVELOPMENTSOCIAL NORMSSUBSIDIZED JOBSSUBSIDIZED TRAININGTRADITIONAL SKILLSTRAINING ACTIVITIESTRAINING CENTERTRAINING CENTERSTRAINING COURSESTRAINING INSTITUTIONTRAINING PERIODTRAINING PROGRAMTRAINING PROGRAMSTRAINING SYSTEMUNEMPLOYEDUNEMPLOYED YOUTHUNEMPLOYMENTUNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCEUNEMPLOYMENT RATESVOCATIONAL TRAININGWAGE SUBSIDIESWORK EXPERIENCEWORKERWORKERSYOUNG PEOPLEYOUNG WORKERSYOUTH EMPLOYMENTYOUTH UNEMPLOYMENTWorld Bank10.1596/11690