Intentions to Participate in Adolescent Training Programs : Evidence from Uganda

Almost one-third of the population in developing countries is under age 15. Hence improving the effectiveness of policy interventions that target adolescents might be especially important. We analyze the intention to participate in training programs of adolescent girls in Uganda, a country with perh...

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Main Authors:	Bandiera, Oriana, Burgess, Robin, Goldstein, Markus, Gulesci, Selim, Rasul, Imran, Sulaiman, Munshi
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	EN
Published:	2012
Subjects:	Analysis of Education I210 Fertility Family Planning Child Care INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS :: Children Youth J130 Economics of Gender Non-labor Discrimination J160 Human Capital Skills Occupational Choice Labor Productivity J240 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4970

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spelling	okr-10986-49702021-04-23T14:02:20Z Intentions to Participate in Adolescent Training Programs : Evidence from Uganda Bandiera, Oriana Burgess, Robin Goldstein, Markus Gulesci, Selim Rasul, Imran Sulaiman, Munshi Analysis of Education I210 Fertility Family Planning Child Care INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS :: Children Youth J130 Economics of Gender Non-labor Discrimination J160 Human Capital Skills Occupational Choice Labor Productivity J240 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150 Almost one-third of the population in developing countries is under age 15. Hence improving the effectiveness of policy interventions that target adolescents might be especially important. We analyze the intention to participate in training programs of adolescent girls in Uganda, a country with perhaps the most skewed age distribution anywhere in the world. The training program we focus on is BRAC's Adolescent Development Program, which emphasizes the provision of life skills, entrepreneurship training, and microfinance. We find that girls who are more likely to benefit from the program are more likely to intend to participate. The program attracts girls who are likely to place a high value on financial independence: single mothers and girls who are alienated from their families. The program attracts girls who are more likely to benefit from training: girls who believe they could be successful entrepreneurs but currently lack the quantitative skills to do so. Reassuringly, girls who are in school full-time are less likely to intend to participate. We also find that the program attracts girls from poorer villages but we find no evidence that poorer girls within each village are more likely to want to participate. Finally, girls from villages who have previously been exposed to NGO projects are less likely to intend to participate. 2012-03-30T07:30:38Z 2012-03-30T07:30:38Z 2010 Journal Article Journal of the European Economic Association 15424766 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4970 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article Uganda
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description	Almost one-third of the population in developing countries is under age 15. Hence improving the effectiveness of policy interventions that target adolescents might be especially important. We analyze the intention to participate in training programs of adolescent girls in Uganda, a country with perhaps the most skewed age distribution anywhere in the world. The training program we focus on is BRAC's Adolescent Development Program, which emphasizes the provision of life skills, entrepreneurship training, and microfinance. We find that girls who are more likely to benefit from the program are more likely to intend to participate. The program attracts girls who are likely to place a high value on financial independence: single mothers and girls who are alienated from their families. The program attracts girls who are more likely to benefit from training: girls who believe they could be successful entrepreneurs but currently lack the quantitative skills to do so. Reassuringly, girls who are in school full-time are less likely to intend to participate. We also find that the program attracts girls from poorer villages but we find no evidence that poorer girls within each village are more likely to want to participate. Finally, girls from villages who have previously been exposed to NGO projects are less likely to intend to participate.
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author	Bandiera, Oriana Burgess, Robin Goldstein, Markus Gulesci, Selim Rasul, Imran Sulaiman, Munshi
author_facet	Bandiera, Oriana Burgess, Robin Goldstein, Markus Gulesci, Selim Rasul, Imran Sulaiman, Munshi
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title	Intentions to Participate in Adolescent Training Programs : Evidence from Uganda
title_short	Intentions to Participate in Adolescent Training Programs : Evidence from Uganda
title_full	Intentions to Participate in Adolescent Training Programs : Evidence from Uganda
title_fullStr	Intentions to Participate in Adolescent Training Programs : Evidence from Uganda
title_full_unstemmed	Intentions to Participate in Adolescent Training Programs : Evidence from Uganda
title_sort	intentions to participate in adolescent training programs : evidence from uganda
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Intentions to Participate in Adolescent Training Programs : Evidence from Uganda

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