Assaf, NabilaMcKenzie, DavidCusolito, Ana Paula2015-11-052015-11-052015-10https://hdl.handle.net/10986/22888This paper evaluates a youth internship program in the Republic of Yemen that provided firms with a 50 percent subsidy to hire recent graduates of universities and vocational schools. The first round of the program took place in 2014 and required both firms and youth to apply for the program. The paper examines the demand for such a program, and finds that in the context of an economy facing substantial political and economic uncertainty, it appears there is an oversupply of graduates in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, and a relative undersupply of graduates in marketing and business. Conditional on the types of graduates firms were looking to hire as interns, applicants were then randomly chosen for the program. Receiving an internship resulted in an almost doubling of work experience in 2014, and a 73 percent increase in income during this period compared with the control group. A short-term follow-up survey conducted just as civil conflict was breaking out shows that internship recipients had better employment outcomes than the control group in the first five months after the program ended.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOSKILLSJOBSEMPLOYMENTINTERNSUNEMPLOYMENT RATESCOLLEGEACCOUNTINGLABOR PROGRAMSYOUTH EMPLOYMENTINFORMATION TECHNOLOGYSEARCHINCOMEUNIVERSITY GRADUATESEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIESSKILLS DEVELOPMENTINFORMATIONJOBEFFECTSPAPERSLABOR ECONOMICSTECHNICAL SKILLSEMPLOYMENT RATESEMPLOYMENT PROGRAMSTRAINING PROGRAMSBUSINESS ASSOCIATIONSPILOT PROJECTASSOCIATIONSTRAINING COURSEEMPLOYMENT OUTCOMESCOMPUTEROPEN ACCESSTELEVISIONWORK EXPERIENCECOMMUNICATIONSINSTITUTIONSHUMAN RESOURCELABOR MARKETVOCATIONAL SCHOOLSMATHEMATICSTRAININGDEVELOPMENT ECONOMICSON-THE-JOB TRAININGDISPLACEMENTLICENSEATTRITIONMARKETINGORGANIZATIONSLEARNING OPPORTUNITIESJOB EXPERIENCELEARNINGGRADUATESPRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENTRESEARCHJOB TRAININGLABORUNIVERSITY EDUCATIONMANAGEMENT SKILLSTEACHINGRADIOFINANCEGRANTSMANUFACTURINGPHONEUNEMPLOYMENTTECHNOLOGYBASIC SKILLS TRAININGPDFVOCATIONAL TRAININGWORKERSSKILLS TRAININGCONTACT INFORMATIONSCIENCESOFTWAREEMPLOYMENT OUTCOMERESULTSSCHOOLSVALUEELECTRICITYWAGE SUBSIDIESLABOR MARKET PROGRAMDISADVANTAGED YOUTHLITERATURELABOR RELATIONSPRIVATE SECTOREARNINGWORKSHOPSINTERNSHIPSECONOMICSMANAGEMENTADMINISTRATIONRESULTSECURITYBUSINESSESBUSINESSDEMAND FOR ENGINEERSVOCATIONAL SCHOOLSUPPLYMARKET DEMANDYOUTH TRAININGCOLLEGE GRADUATESUNIVERSITYFINDING JOBSJOB SKILLSYOUTH UNEMPLOYMENTENTREPRENEURSHIPOUTCOMESEMPLOYMENT IMPACTSSAFETYSCHOOLWAGE EMPLOYMENTPRICESUNIVERSITIESHUMAN DEVELOPMENTWorking PaperWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-7463