Demand-Driven Youth Training Programs : Experimental Evidence from Mongolia
The effectiveness of a demand-driven vocational-training program for disadvantaged youth in Ulaanbaatar, the capital city of Mongolia is assessed through a randomized controlled trial. Mongolia, a transitional country whose economic structure shift...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2020
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/398311588270393393/Demand-Driven-Youth-Training-Programs-Experimental-Evidence-from-Mongolia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33708 |
| Summary: | The effectiveness of a demand-driven
vocational-training program for disadvantaged youth in
Ulaanbaatar, the capital city of Mongolia is assessed
through a randomized controlled trial. Mongolia, a
transitional country whose economic structure shifted from a
Communist, centrally planned economy to a free-market
economy over a relatively short period, offers a new setting
in which to test the effectiveness of market-based
active-labor-market policies. Results show short-term
positive impacts on self-employment and skills match, while
positive but uncertain effects emerge for employment and
earnings. Substantial heterogeneity emerges as relatively
older, richer, and better-educated individuals drive these
positive effects. A second intervention, in which
participants were randomly assigned to receive newsletters
with information on market returns to vocational training,
shows statistically meaningful effects on the length of
exposure to the program (i.e., number of training days
attended). These positive impacts, however, do not lead to
higher employment or greater earnings. |
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