全球智库信息集成服务系统(G2TT): DP14973 Tackling Youth Unemployment: Evidence from a Labor Market Experiment in Uganda

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来源类型	Discussion paper
规范类型	论文
来源ID	DP14973
	DP14973 Tackling Youth Unemployment: Evidence from a Labor Market Experiment in Uganda
	Livia Alfonsi; Oriana Bandiera; Vittorio Bassi; Imran Rasul; Munshi Sulaiman; Anna Vitali
发表日期	2020-06-30
出版年	2020
语种	英语
摘要	We design a labor market experiment to compare demand- and supply-side policies to tackle youth unemployment, a key issue in low-income countries. The experiment tracks 1700 workers and 1500 firms over four years to compare the effect of offering workers either vocational training (VT) or firm-provided training (FT) for six months in a common setting where youth unemployment is above 60%. Relative to control workers we find that averaged over three post-intervention years, FT and VT workers: (i) enjoy large and similar upticks in sector-specific skills, (ii) significantly improve their employment rates, and, (iii) experience marked improvements in an index of labor market outcomes. These averages, however, mask differences in dynamics: FT gains materialize quickly but fade over time, while VT gains emerge slowly but are long-lasting, leading VT worker employment and earning profiles to rise above those of FT workers. Estimating a job ladder model of worker search reveals the key reason for this: VT workers receive significantly higher rates of job offers when unemployed thus hastening their movement back into work. This likely stems from the fact that the skills of VT workers are certified and therefore can be demonstrated to potential employers. Tackling youth unemployment by skilling youth using vocational training pre-labor market entry, therefore appears to be more effective than incentivizing firms through wage subsidies to hire and train young labor market entrants.
主题	Labour Economics
关键词	Training Apprenticeship Human capital Labor mobility
URL	https://cepr.org/publications/dp14973
来源智库	Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom)
资源类型	智库出版物
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/543916
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Livia Alfonsi,Oriana Bandiera,Vittorio Bassi,et al. DP14973 Tackling Youth Unemployment: Evidence from a Labor Market Experiment in Uganda. 2020.