Bandiera, OrianaBuehren, NiklasBurgess, RobinGoldstein, MarkusGulesci, SelimRasul, ImranSulaiman, Munshi2016-12-012016-12-012012-12https://hdl.handle.net/10986/25529Nearly 60 percent of Uganda's population is aged below twenty. This generation faces health and economic challenges associated with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), early pregnancy, and unemployment. Whether these challenges are due to a lack of information and or vocational skills is however uncertain. A programme was conducted to provide: (i) vocational training to run small-scale enterprises; and (ii) information on health and risky behaviors. The programme conducted, positively impacts behaviors on both economic and health margins. On economic margins, the intervention raises the likelihood that girls engage in income generating activities by 32 percent mainly driven by increased participation in self-employment. On health related margins, self-reported routine condom usage increases by 50 percent among the sexually active, and the probability of having a child decreases by 26 percent. Strikingly, the share of girls reporting sex against their will drops from 21 percent to almost zero. The findings suggest combined interventions might be more effective among adolescent girls than single-pronged interventions aiming to improve labor market outcomes solely through vocational training, or to change risky behaviors solely through education programmes.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOABILITY OF YOUNGADOLESCENTADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENTADOLESCENT GIRLADOLESCENT GIRLSADOLESCENT HEALTHADOLESCENTSADULTHOODAGE AT MARRIAGEAGE AT MENARCHEAGE COHORTANAL SEXBABIESBABYBIRTHSBOTH SEXESCHILD BEARINGCHILD MARRIAGECHILD-BEARINGCHILDBEARINGCHILDBIRTHCLASSROOMCOGNITIVE SKILLSCONDOMCONDOM USECONDOMSCONTRACEPTIONCONTRACEPTIVE METHODSCONTRACEPTIVE USAGECURRICULUMDEMOGRAPHIC TRENDSDEPENDENCY RATIODEVELOPING COUNTRIESDOMESTIC VIOLENCEEARLY MARRIAGEEARLY PREGNANCYECONOMIC OPPORTUNITYEMPOWERMENT OF GIRLSENROLLMENTENROLLMENT RATESENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLSENTREPRENEURSHIP TRAININGEXPOSURE TO HEALTH RISKSFAMILY MEMBERSFAMILY PLANNINGFERTILITYFERTILITY DROPSFERTILITY RATESFORMS OF CONTRACEPTIONGENDER RELATIONSGENDER ROLESGIRLSGLOBAL POPULATIONHEALTH PROBLEMSHEALTH RISKSHERPES SIMPLEX VIRUSHETEROSEXUAL INTERCOURSEHIGHER LEVEL OF EDUCATIONHIVHIV INFECTIONHIV INFECTIONSHUMAN CAPITALIMPACT ON FERTILITYIMPACT ON GIRLSINFECTIONSINFORMATION CAMPAIGNSINTERVENTIONSJOB OPPORTUNITIESLABOR FORCELABOR MARKETLABOR SUPPLYLACK OF INFORMATIONLEADERSHIPLEGAL RIGHTSLEVEL OF EDUCATIONLIFE SKILLSLIFE-SKILLSLITERACYLITERACY COURSESLITERACY TRAININGLIVELIHOOD SKILLSMARRIED ADOLESCENT GIRLSMENSTRUAL DISORDERSMENSTRUATIONNEWBORNNUMBER OF ADOLESCENTSNUMBER OF BIRTHSNUMBER OF CHILDRENOLD GIRLSOLDER GIRLSOLDER MENPEER EDUCATIONPOLICY MAKERSPREGNANT WOMANPRIMARY DATAPROVISION OF INFORMATIONRAPERAPID POPULATION GROWTHREADINGRECREATIONAL ACTIVITIESRELATIONS WITH MENRELATIONSHIPS WITH MENREPRODUCTIVE HEALTHRETURNS TO EDUCATIONRISKY BEHAVIORRISKY SEXRURAL AREASRURAL LOCATIONSSAFER SEXSCHOOL ATTENDANCESCHOOL DROPSCHOOL DROP-OUTSSCHOOL ENROLLMENTSCHOOL ENROLMENTSCHOOL GOINGSCHOOLINGSCHOOLSSECONDARY SCHOOLSERVICE DELIVERYSEXSEX WORKSEX WORKERSSEXUAL ACTIVITYSEXUAL BEHAVIORSSEXUAL RELATIONSSEXUALLY ACTIVESHORT-TERM RELATIONSHIPSSKILL TRAININGSKILLS TRAININGSOCIAL NORMSSOCIAL UNRESTSPILLOVERTEACHINGTEENTEEN PREGNANCIESTEEN PREGNANCYTEENAGE GIRLSTEENAGE PREGNANCIESTEENAGE PREGNANCYTRAINING COURSESTRAINING PROGRAMSUNEMPLOYMENTUNEMPLOYMENT RATESUNPROTECTED SEXURBAN AREASVAGINAL SEXVIOLENCE AGAINST WOMENVOCATIONAL SKILLSVOCATIONAL TRAININGYOUNG GIRLSYOUNG PEOPLEYOUNG WOMENYOUNGER GIRLSYOUTHYOUTH POPULATIONYOUTH POPULATIONSAFRICA GENDER POLICYGENDER INNOVATION LABWOMEN AND YOUTH EMPLOYMENTWorking PaperWorld Bank10.1596/25529