The Demand for, and Impact of, Youth Internships : Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Yemen

This paper evaluates a youth internship program in Yemen. The authors examine the demand for the program, and find an oversupply of graduates in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, and a relative undersupply of graduates in marketing...

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Main Authors:	McKenzie, David, Assaf, Nabila, Cusolito, Ana Paula
Format:	Report
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:	SKILLS JOBS EMPLOYMENT INTERNS E-MAIL UNEMPLOYMENT RATES COLLEGE RIGHTS ACCOUNTING LABOR PROGRAMS YOUTH EMPLOYMENT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SEARCH INCOME UNIVERSITY GRADUATES EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES SKILLS DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION JOB EFFECTS COPYRIGHT LABOR ECONOMICS TECHNICAL SKILLS EMPLOYMENT RATES EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS TRAINING PROGRAMS BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS PILOT PROJECT ASSOCIATIONS TRAINING COURSE EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES COMPUTER TELEVISION WORK EXPERIENCE COMMUNICATIONS INSTITUTIONS HUMAN RESOURCE LABOR MARKET LINK DATA VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS MATHEMATICS TRAINING DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS JOB OPPORTUNITIES ON-THE-JOB TRAINING DISPLACEMENT LICENSE ATTRITION MARKETING LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES JOB EXPERIENCE LEARNING GRADUATES RESEARCH MATERIAL JOB TRAINING LABOR UNIVERSITY EDUCATION MANAGEMENT SKILLS TEACHING LED RADIO FINANCE GRANTS TELEPHONE MANUFACTURING PHONE UNEMPLOYMENT TECHNOLOGY BASIC SKILLS TRAINING GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM PDF VOCATIONAL TRAINING WORKERS SKILLS TRAINING CONTACT INFORMATION SCIENCE SOFTWARE EMPLOYMENT OUTCOME RESULTS SCHOOLS VALUE ELECTRICITY WAGE SUBSIDIES LABOR MARKET PROGRAM DISADVANTAGED YOUTH FAX LITERATURE LABOR RELATIONS EARNING WORKSHOPS INTERNSHIPS ECONOMICS QUERIES MANAGEMENT ADMINISTRATION RESULT ICT LICENSES SECURITY BUSINESSES BUSINESS DEMAND FOR ENGINEERS VOCATIONAL SCHOOL SUPPLY MARKET DEMAND YOUTH TRAINING COLLEGE GRADUATES LAW UNIVERSITY FINDING JOBS JOB SKILLS YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT ENTREPRENEURSHIP OUTCOMES EMPLOYMENT IMPACTS SAFETY SCHOOL WAGE EMPLOYMENT PRICES USES UNIVERSITIES HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
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spelling	okr-10986-237562021-05-25T10:54:41Z The Demand for, and Impact of, Youth Internships : Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Yemen McKenzie, David Assaf, Nabila Cusolito, Ana Paula SKILLS JOBS EMPLOYMENT INTERNS E-MAIL UNEMPLOYMENT RATES COLLEGE RIGHTS ACCOUNTING LABOR PROGRAMS YOUTH EMPLOYMENT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SEARCH INCOME UNIVERSITY GRADUATES EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES SKILLS DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION JOB EFFECTS COPYRIGHT LABOR ECONOMICS TECHNICAL SKILLS EMPLOYMENT RATES EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS TRAINING PROGRAMS BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS PILOT PROJECT ASSOCIATIONS TRAINING COURSE EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES COMPUTER TELEVISION WORK EXPERIENCE COMMUNICATIONS INSTITUTIONS HUMAN RESOURCE LABOR MARKET LINK DATA VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS MATHEMATICS TRAINING DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS JOB OPPORTUNITIES ON-THE-JOB TRAINING DISPLACEMENT LICENSE ATTRITION MARKETING LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES JOB EXPERIENCE LEARNING GRADUATES RESEARCH MATERIAL JOB TRAINING LABOR UNIVERSITY EDUCATION MANAGEMENT SKILLS TEACHING LED RADIO FINANCE GRANTS TELEPHONE MANUFACTURING PHONE UNEMPLOYMENT TECHNOLOGY BASIC SKILLS TRAINING GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM PDF VOCATIONAL TRAINING WORKERS SKILLS TRAINING CONTACT INFORMATION SCIENCE SOFTWARE EMPLOYMENT OUTCOME RESULTS SCHOOLS VALUE ELECTRICITY WAGE SUBSIDIES LABOR MARKET PROGRAM DISADVANTAGED YOUTH FAX LITERATURE LABOR RELATIONS EARNING WORKSHOPS INTERNSHIPS ECONOMICS QUERIES MANAGEMENT ADMINISTRATION RESULT ICT LICENSES SECURITY BUSINESSES BUSINESS DEMAND FOR ENGINEERS VOCATIONAL SCHOOL SUPPLY MARKET DEMAND YOUTH TRAINING COLLEGE GRADUATES LAW UNIVERSITY FINDING JOBS JOB SKILLS YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT ENTREPRENEURSHIP OUTCOMES EMPLOYMENT IMPACTS SAFETY SCHOOL WAGE EMPLOYMENT PRICES USES UNIVERSITIES HUMAN DEVELOPMENT This paper evaluates a youth internship program in Yemen. The authors examine the demand for the program, and find 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, 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. A follow-up survey shows that internship recipients had better employment outcomes than the control group in the first five months after the program. 2016-02-25T21:31:54Z 2016-02-25T21:31:54Z 2016-02-05 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/02/25877902/demand-impact-youth-internships-evidence-randomized-experiment-yemen http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23756 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Other Social Protection Study Middle East and North Africa
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topic	SKILLS JOBS EMPLOYMENT INTERNS E-MAIL UNEMPLOYMENT RATES COLLEGE RIGHTS ACCOUNTING LABOR PROGRAMS YOUTH EMPLOYMENT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SEARCH INCOME UNIVERSITY GRADUATES EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES SKILLS DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION JOB EFFECTS COPYRIGHT LABOR ECONOMICS TECHNICAL SKILLS EMPLOYMENT RATES EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS TRAINING PROGRAMS BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS PILOT PROJECT ASSOCIATIONS TRAINING COURSE EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES COMPUTER TELEVISION WORK EXPERIENCE COMMUNICATIONS INSTITUTIONS HUMAN RESOURCE LABOR MARKET LINK DATA VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS MATHEMATICS TRAINING DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS JOB OPPORTUNITIES ON-THE-JOB TRAINING DISPLACEMENT LICENSE ATTRITION MARKETING LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES JOB EXPERIENCE LEARNING GRADUATES RESEARCH MATERIAL JOB TRAINING LABOR UNIVERSITY EDUCATION MANAGEMENT SKILLS TEACHING LED RADIO FINANCE GRANTS TELEPHONE MANUFACTURING PHONE UNEMPLOYMENT TECHNOLOGY BASIC SKILLS TRAINING GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM PDF VOCATIONAL TRAINING WORKERS SKILLS TRAINING CONTACT INFORMATION SCIENCE SOFTWARE EMPLOYMENT OUTCOME RESULTS SCHOOLS VALUE ELECTRICITY WAGE SUBSIDIES LABOR MARKET PROGRAM DISADVANTAGED YOUTH FAX LITERATURE LABOR RELATIONS EARNING WORKSHOPS INTERNSHIPS ECONOMICS QUERIES MANAGEMENT ADMINISTRATION RESULT ICT LICENSES SECURITY BUSINESSES BUSINESS DEMAND FOR ENGINEERS VOCATIONAL SCHOOL SUPPLY MARKET DEMAND YOUTH TRAINING COLLEGE GRADUATES LAW UNIVERSITY FINDING JOBS JOB SKILLS YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT ENTREPRENEURSHIP OUTCOMES EMPLOYMENT IMPACTS SAFETY SCHOOL WAGE EMPLOYMENT PRICES USES UNIVERSITIES HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
spellingShingle	SKILLS JOBS EMPLOYMENT INTERNS E-MAIL UNEMPLOYMENT RATES COLLEGE RIGHTS ACCOUNTING LABOR PROGRAMS YOUTH EMPLOYMENT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SEARCH INCOME UNIVERSITY GRADUATES EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES SKILLS DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION JOB EFFECTS COPYRIGHT LABOR ECONOMICS TECHNICAL SKILLS EMPLOYMENT RATES EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS TRAINING PROGRAMS BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS PILOT PROJECT ASSOCIATIONS TRAINING COURSE EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES COMPUTER TELEVISION WORK EXPERIENCE COMMUNICATIONS INSTITUTIONS HUMAN RESOURCE LABOR MARKET LINK DATA VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS MATHEMATICS TRAINING DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS JOB OPPORTUNITIES ON-THE-JOB TRAINING DISPLACEMENT LICENSE ATTRITION MARKETING LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES JOB EXPERIENCE LEARNING GRADUATES RESEARCH MATERIAL JOB TRAINING LABOR UNIVERSITY EDUCATION MANAGEMENT SKILLS TEACHING LED RADIO FINANCE GRANTS TELEPHONE MANUFACTURING PHONE UNEMPLOYMENT TECHNOLOGY BASIC SKILLS TRAINING GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM PDF VOCATIONAL TRAINING WORKERS SKILLS TRAINING CONTACT INFORMATION SCIENCE SOFTWARE EMPLOYMENT OUTCOME RESULTS SCHOOLS VALUE ELECTRICITY WAGE SUBSIDIES LABOR MARKET PROGRAM DISADVANTAGED YOUTH FAX LITERATURE LABOR RELATIONS EARNING WORKSHOPS INTERNSHIPS ECONOMICS QUERIES MANAGEMENT ADMINISTRATION RESULT ICT LICENSES SECURITY BUSINESSES BUSINESS DEMAND FOR ENGINEERS VOCATIONAL SCHOOL SUPPLY MARKET DEMAND YOUTH TRAINING COLLEGE GRADUATES LAW UNIVERSITY FINDING JOBS JOB SKILLS YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT ENTREPRENEURSHIP OUTCOMES EMPLOYMENT IMPACTS SAFETY SCHOOL WAGE EMPLOYMENT PRICES USES UNIVERSITIES HUMAN DEVELOPMENT McKenzie, David Assaf, Nabila Cusolito, Ana Paula The Demand for, and Impact of, Youth Internships : Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Yemen
geographic_facet	Middle East and North Africa
description	This paper evaluates a youth internship program in Yemen. The authors examine the demand for the program, and find 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, 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. A follow-up survey shows that internship recipients had better employment outcomes than the control group in the first five months after the program.
format	Report
author	McKenzie, David Assaf, Nabila Cusolito, Ana Paula
author_facet	McKenzie, David Assaf, Nabila Cusolito, Ana Paula
author_sort	McKenzie, David
title	The Demand for, and Impact of, Youth Internships : Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Yemen
title_short	The Demand for, and Impact of, Youth Internships : Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Yemen
title_full	The Demand for, and Impact of, Youth Internships : Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Yemen
title_fullStr	The Demand for, and Impact of, Youth Internships : Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Yemen
title_full_unstemmed	The Demand for, and Impact of, Youth Internships : Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Yemen
title_sort	demand for, and impact of, youth internships : evidence from a randomized experiment in yemen
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2016
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/02/25877902/demand-impact-youth-internships-evidence-randomized-experiment-yemen http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23756
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The Demand for, and Impact of, Youth Internships : Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Yemen

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