Turkey : Evaluating the Impact of Iskur's Vocational Training Programs

Turkey's economic performance during the 2000s is a global success story; high-income status is now within reach but this will require creating more and better jobs. Upgrading the skills of the current labor force is crucial for creating more...

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Format: Other Education Study
Language:English
en_US
Published: 2014
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/08/19151577/turkey-evaluating-impact-iskurs-vocational-training-programs-vol-1-2-final-report
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topic ACCREDITATION
ACHIEVEMENTS
ACTIVE LABOR
ACTIVE LABOR MARKET
ACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAM
ACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS
ACTIVE LABOUR
ACTIVE LABOUR MARKET
ACTIVE LABOUR MARKET POLICY
AGE GROUP
AGE GROUPS
AGGREGATE EMPLOYMENT
AVERAGE WAGE
BASIC EDUCATION
BASIC SKILLS
COLLEGE GRADUATES
COMPLETION RATES
COUNSELORS
CURRICULA
CURRICULA CONTENT
DISADVANTAGED YOUTH
ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION
EDUCATION LEVEL
EDUCATION REFORMS
EDUCATORS
EMPLOYABILITY
EMPLOYEE
EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT GROWTH
EMPLOYMENT IMPACT
EMPLOYMENT INCENTIVES
EMPLOYMENT LEVELS
EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES
EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS
EMPLOYMENT SERVICES
ETHICS
FEMALE EMPLOYMENT
FINDING EMPLOYMENT
FINDING JOBS
HIGH SCHOOL
HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT
HIGHER EDUCATION
HIGHER LEVELS OF EDUCATION
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
IN SERVICE COURSES
INTERVENTIONS
JOB COUNSELING
JOB OFFERS
JOB PLACEMENT
JOB SEARCH
JOB TRAINING
JOB-SEARCH ASSISTANCE
JOBS
LABOR ECONOMICS
LABOR FORCE
LABOR MARKET CONDITIONS
LABOR MARKET DEMAND
LABOR MARKET NEEDS
LABOR MARKET SERVICES
LABOR MARKETS
LABOR PRODUCTIVITY
LABOR SHORTAGES
LEADERSHIP
LEVEL OF EDUCATION
LIFE SKILLS
LITERACY
LOW EMPLOYMENT
LOW UNEMPLOYMENT
MALE TRAINEES
MENTAL HEALTH
NEW ENTRANTS
NUMERACY
OCCUPATIONAL CHOICE
OCCUPATIONS
ON-THE-JOB TRAINING
PASSIVE LABOR
PASSIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS
PRESENT STUDY
PRIMARY EDUCATION
PRIOR WORK EXPERIENCE
PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT
PRIVATE PROVIDER
PRIVATE PROVIDERS
PRIVATE PROVISION
PRIVATE SECTOR
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT SERVICES
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
PUBLIC WORKS
SCHOOL EDUCATION
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SERVICE PROVIDERS
SKILL ACQUISITION
SKILL SHORTAGES
SKILLED WORKERS
SKILLS TRAINING
STUDENT ASSESSMENT
STUDENT LEARNING
TEACHER
TEACHERS
TEACHING
TERTIARY EDUCATION
TRAINEES
TRAINING COURSE
TRAINING COURSES
TRAINING IMPACTS
TRAINING POLICIES
TRAINING PROGRAM
TRAINING PROGRAMS
TRAINING PROVIDERS
UNEMPLOYED
UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
VOCATIONAL TRAINING
VOCATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMS
WAGE EMPLOYMENT
WORK EXPERIENCE
YOUNG WORKERS
YOUTH
spellingShingle ACCREDITATION
ACHIEVEMENTS
ACTIVE LABOR
ACTIVE LABOR MARKET
ACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAM
ACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS
ACTIVE LABOUR
ACTIVE LABOUR MARKET
ACTIVE LABOUR MARKET POLICY
AGE GROUP
AGE GROUPS
AGGREGATE EMPLOYMENT
AVERAGE WAGE
BASIC EDUCATION
BASIC SKILLS
COLLEGE GRADUATES
COMPLETION RATES
COUNSELORS
CURRICULA
CURRICULA CONTENT
DISADVANTAGED YOUTH
ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION
EDUCATION LEVEL
EDUCATION REFORMS
EDUCATORS
EMPLOYABILITY
EMPLOYEE
EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT GROWTH
EMPLOYMENT IMPACT
EMPLOYMENT INCENTIVES
EMPLOYMENT LEVELS
EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES
EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS
EMPLOYMENT SERVICES
ETHICS
FEMALE EMPLOYMENT
FINDING EMPLOYMENT
FINDING JOBS
HIGH SCHOOL
HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT
HIGHER EDUCATION
HIGHER LEVELS OF EDUCATION
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
IN SERVICE COURSES
INTERVENTIONS
JOB COUNSELING
JOB OFFERS
JOB PLACEMENT
JOB SEARCH
JOB TRAINING
JOB-SEARCH ASSISTANCE
JOBS
LABOR ECONOMICS
LABOR FORCE
LABOR MARKET CONDITIONS
LABOR MARKET DEMAND
LABOR MARKET NEEDS
LABOR MARKET SERVICES
LABOR MARKETS
LABOR PRODUCTIVITY
LABOR SHORTAGES
LEADERSHIP
LEVEL OF EDUCATION
LIFE SKILLS
LITERACY
LOW EMPLOYMENT
LOW UNEMPLOYMENT
MALE TRAINEES
MENTAL HEALTH
NEW ENTRANTS
NUMERACY
OCCUPATIONAL CHOICE
OCCUPATIONS
ON-THE-JOB TRAINING
PASSIVE LABOR
PASSIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS
PRESENT STUDY
PRIMARY EDUCATION
PRIOR WORK EXPERIENCE
PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT
PRIVATE PROVIDER
PRIVATE PROVIDERS
PRIVATE PROVISION
PRIVATE SECTOR
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT SERVICES
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
PUBLIC WORKS
SCHOOL EDUCATION
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SERVICE PROVIDERS
SKILL ACQUISITION
SKILL SHORTAGES
SKILLED WORKERS
SKILLS TRAINING
STUDENT ASSESSMENT
STUDENT LEARNING
TEACHER
TEACHERS
TEACHING
TERTIARY EDUCATION
TRAINEES
TRAINING COURSE
TRAINING COURSES
TRAINING IMPACTS
TRAINING POLICIES
TRAINING PROGRAM
TRAINING PROGRAMS
TRAINING PROVIDERS
UNEMPLOYED
UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
VOCATIONAL TRAINING
VOCATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMS
WAGE EMPLOYMENT
WORK EXPERIENCE
YOUNG WORKERS
YOUTH
World Bank
Turkey : Evaluating the Impact of Iskur's Vocational Training Programs
geographic_facet Europe and Central Asia
Turkey
description Turkey's economic performance during the 2000s is a global success story; high-income status is now within reach but this will require creating more and better jobs. Upgrading the skills of the current labor force is crucial for creating more and better jobs. The Turkish Employment Agency (ISKUR) plays a leading role in upgrading the skills of jobseekers and facilitating their access to productive employment by providing vocational training and other employment support services. The increasing importance of ISKUR vocational training prompted the government to commission the present study to evaluate its impact and to identify ways to enhance it. The study evaluates the main type of ISKUR's vocational training courses at a particular point in time, and thus it does not take into account recent reforms. The study evaluates a representative sample of general vocational training courses, which account for about two thirds of ISKUR vocational trainees (the other one-third mostly take courses on demand by employers) that took place between December 2010 and June 2011. The evaluation has an experimental design, exploiting the excess demand for ISKUR vocational training courses to randomly assign eligible training applicants into those who receive training (treatment group) and those who do not (control group). The study makes use of the findings from this evaluation, complemented by evidence from other countries, to suggest a number of policy options to further strengthen the impact of ISKUR training and services. In this context, this report is structured as follows: section one gives the context: jobs, skills upgrading, and ISKUR; section two presents evaluation of ISKUR training programs: design, data, and methods; section three presents evaluation of ISKUR training programs: results; and section four gives strengthening the impact of ISKUR training and services.
format Economic & Sector Work :: Other Education Study
author World Bank
author_facet World Bank
author_sort World Bank
title Turkey : Evaluating the Impact of Iskur's Vocational Training Programs
title_short Turkey : Evaluating the Impact of Iskur's Vocational Training Programs
title_full Turkey : Evaluating the Impact of Iskur's Vocational Training Programs
title_fullStr Turkey : Evaluating the Impact of Iskur's Vocational Training Programs
title_full_unstemmed Turkey : Evaluating the Impact of Iskur's Vocational Training Programs
title_sort turkey : evaluating the impact of iskur's vocational training programs
publishDate 2014
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/08/19151577/turkey-evaluating-impact-iskurs-vocational-training-programs-vol-1-2-final-report
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spelling okr-10986-175612021-04-23T14:03:39Z Turkey : Evaluating the Impact of Iskur's Vocational Training Programs World Bank ACCREDITATION ACHIEVEMENTS ACTIVE LABOR ACTIVE LABOR MARKET ACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAM ACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS ACTIVE LABOUR ACTIVE LABOUR MARKET ACTIVE LABOUR MARKET POLICY AGE GROUP AGE GROUPS AGGREGATE EMPLOYMENT AVERAGE WAGE BASIC EDUCATION BASIC SKILLS COLLEGE GRADUATES COMPLETION RATES COUNSELORS CURRICULA CURRICULA CONTENT DISADVANTAGED YOUTH ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION EDUCATION LEVEL EDUCATION REFORMS EDUCATORS EMPLOYABILITY EMPLOYEE EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT GROWTH EMPLOYMENT IMPACT EMPLOYMENT INCENTIVES EMPLOYMENT LEVELS EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS EMPLOYMENT SERVICES ETHICS FEMALE EMPLOYMENT FINDING EMPLOYMENT FINDING JOBS HIGH SCHOOL HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT HIGHER EDUCATION HIGHER LEVELS OF EDUCATION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IN SERVICE COURSES INTERVENTIONS JOB COUNSELING JOB OFFERS JOB PLACEMENT JOB SEARCH JOB TRAINING JOB-SEARCH ASSISTANCE JOBS LABOR ECONOMICS LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET CONDITIONS LABOR MARKET DEMAND LABOR MARKET NEEDS LABOR MARKET SERVICES LABOR MARKETS LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LABOR SHORTAGES LEADERSHIP LEVEL OF EDUCATION LIFE SKILLS LITERACY LOW EMPLOYMENT LOW UNEMPLOYMENT MALE TRAINEES MENTAL HEALTH NEW ENTRANTS NUMERACY OCCUPATIONAL CHOICE OCCUPATIONS ON-THE-JOB TRAINING PASSIVE LABOR PASSIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS PRESENT STUDY PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIOR WORK EXPERIENCE PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT PRIVATE PROVIDER PRIVATE PROVIDERS PRIVATE PROVISION PRIVATE SECTOR PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT SERVICES PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS PUBLIC SCHOOLS PUBLIC WORKS SCHOOL EDUCATION SECONDARY EDUCATION SERVICE PROVIDERS SKILL ACQUISITION SKILL SHORTAGES SKILLED WORKERS SKILLS TRAINING STUDENT ASSESSMENT STUDENT LEARNING TEACHER TEACHERS TEACHING TERTIARY EDUCATION TRAINEES TRAINING COURSE TRAINING COURSES TRAINING IMPACTS TRAINING POLICIES TRAINING PROGRAM TRAINING PROGRAMS TRAINING PROVIDERS UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES VOCATIONAL EDUCATION VOCATIONAL TRAINING VOCATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMS WAGE EMPLOYMENT WORK EXPERIENCE YOUNG WORKERS YOUTH Turkey's economic performance during the 2000s is a global success story; high-income status is now within reach but this will require creating more and better jobs. Upgrading the skills of the current labor force is crucial for creating more and better jobs. The Turkish Employment Agency (ISKUR) plays a leading role in upgrading the skills of jobseekers and facilitating their access to productive employment by providing vocational training and other employment support services. The increasing importance of ISKUR vocational training prompted the government to commission the present study to evaluate its impact and to identify ways to enhance it. The study evaluates the main type of ISKUR's vocational training courses at a particular point in time, and thus it does not take into account recent reforms. The study evaluates a representative sample of general vocational training courses, which account for about two thirds of ISKUR vocational trainees (the other one-third mostly take courses on demand by employers) that took place between December 2010 and June 2011. The evaluation has an experimental design, exploiting the excess demand for ISKUR vocational training courses to randomly assign eligible training applicants into those who receive training (treatment group) and those who do not (control group). The study makes use of the findings from this evaluation, complemented by evidence from other countries, to suggest a number of policy options to further strengthen the impact of ISKUR training and services. In this context, this report is structured as follows: section one gives the context: jobs, skills upgrading, and ISKUR; section two presents evaluation of ISKUR training programs: design, data, and methods; section three presents evaluation of ISKUR training programs: results; and section four gives strengthening the impact of ISKUR training and services. 2014-04-01T19:38:42Z 2014-04-01T19:38:42Z 2013-08 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/08/19151577/turkey-evaluating-impact-iskurs-vocational-training-programs-vol-1-2-final-report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17561 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ Economic & Sector Work :: Other Education Study Publications & Research Europe and Central Asia Turkey