Hirshleifer, SarojiniMcKenzie, DavidAlmeida, RitaRidao-Cano, Cristobal2014-04-102014-04-102014-03https://hdl.handle.net/10986/17730A randomized experiment is used to evaluate a large-scale, active labor market policy: Turkey's vocational training programs for the unemployed. A detailed follow-up survey of a large sample with low attrition enables precise estimation of treatment impacts and their heterogeneity. The average impact of training on employment is positive, but close to zero and statistically insignificant, which is much lower than either program officials or applicants expected. Over the first year after training, the paper finds that training had statistically significant effects on the quality of employment and that the positive impacts are stronger when training is offered by private providers. However, longer-term administrative data show that after three years these effects have also dissipated.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCOUNTINGACTIVE LABORACTIVE LABOR MARKETACTIVE LABOR MARKET POLICYACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMSACTIVE LABOURACTIVE LABOUR MARKETACTIVE LABOUR MARKET POLICYADOLESCENT GIRLSAGE GROUPAGE GROUPSAGGREGATE EMPLOYMENTATTENDANCE RATESATTRITIONBUSINESS CYCLESCLASS SIZECLASSROOMCOMPLETION RATESCOMPUTER PROGRAMMERSCOMPUTER TECHNICIANSDEVELOPMENT ECONOMICSDISADVANTAGED YOUTHDISPLACEMENTDISPLACEMENT EFFECTSDROP-OUTSEARNINGEDUCATION FOR ALLEDUCATIONAL PLANNINGEMPLOYMENTEMPLOYMENT EFFECTEMPLOYMENT EFFECTSEMPLOYMENT IMPACTEMPLOYMENT IMPACTSEMPLOYMENT LEVELEMPLOYMENT LEVELSEMPLOYMENT OUTCOMEEMPLOYMENT OUTCOMESEMPLOYMENT PROSPECTSEMPLOYMENT RATEEMPLOYMENT SHAREEMPLOYMENT STATUSEXPERIENCED TEACHERSFEMALE EMPLOYMENTFEMALE LABORFEMALE LABOR FORCEFEMALE YOUTHFINDING JOBSGENDER DIFFERENCESGENERAL EQUILIBRIUMGIRLSHIGH SCHOOLHIGH UNEMPLOYMENTHOUSEHOLD INCOMEHOUSEHOLD WEALTHHUMAN CAPITALINTERNSHIPSJOB PLACEMENTJOB SEARCHJOB TRAININGJOBSLABOR ECONOMICSLABOR FORCELABOR FORCE PARTICIPATIONLABOR MARKET CHARACTERISTICSLABOR MARKET DEMANDLABOR MARKET NEEDSLABOR MARKET PERFORMANCELABOR MARKET POLICIESLABOR MARKET REFORMSLABOR MARKETSLABOR SHORTAGESLABOURLABOUR MARKET TRAININGLEARNINGLEVELS OF EDUCATIONLIFE SKILLSLOCAL LABOR MARKETLOCAL LABOR MARKET CONDITIONSLOCAL LABOR MARKETSLONG-TERM UNEMPLOYMENTLOW EMPLOYMENTLOW UNEMPLOYMENTMENTAL HEALTHMOTIVATIONNUMERACYOCCUPATIONSOLDER WORKERSON-THE-JOB TRAININGON-THE-JOB TRAINING PROGRAMSPARTICIPATION RATESPERSONALITYPREVIOUS WORKPREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCEPRIMARY EDUCATIONPRIVATE PROVIDERPRIVATE PROVIDERSPRIVATE PROVISIONPRIVATE SECTORPRIVATE TRAININGPRIVATE TRAINING PROVIDERSPUBLIC SCHOOLSPUBLIC WORKSPUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMSCHOOL EDUCATIONSERVICE SECTORSERVICE SECTOR EMPLOYMENT SHARESKILL ACQUISITIONSKILLS DEVELOPMENTSKILLS TRAININGTEACHERTEACHER EFFECTIVENESSTEACHERSTEACHINGTERTIARY EDUCATIONTOTAL EMPLOYMENTTRAINEESTRAINING COURSETRAINING COURSESTRAINING EFFECTTRAINING IMPACTTRAINING IMPACTSTRAINING PARTICIPANTSTRAINING PERIODTRAINING PROVIDERTRAINING PROVIDERSTRAINING SERVICESUNEMPLOYEDUNEMPLOYED INDIVIDUALUNEMPLOYED INDIVIDUALSUNEMPLOYED PEOPLEUNEMPLOYED POPULATIONUNEMPLOYMENTUNEMPLOYMENT RATEUNEMPLOYMENT RATESVOCATIONAL EDUCATIONVOCATIONAL SKILLSVOCATIONAL TRAININGVOCATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMVOCATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMSWAGE SUBSIDYWAGE SUBSIDY PROGRAMSWAGESWORK EXPERIENCEWORK OCCUPATIONWORKERYOUTH EMPLOYMENTYOUTH TRAINING10.1596/1813-9450-6807