The labor market impacts of youth training in the Dominican Republic

"We report the impacts of a job training program operated in the Dominican Republic. A random sample of applicants was selected to undergo training, and information was gathered 10-14 months after graduation. Unfortunately, people originally assigned to treatment who failed to show up were not...

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Published in:Journal of labor economics 2011-04, Vol.29 (2), p.267-300
Main Authors: Card, David, Ibarrarán, Pablo, Regalia, Ferdinando, Rosas-Shady, David, Soares, Yuri
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Arbeitsmarktpolitik
Berufliche Integration
Berufsausbildung
Beschäftigungseffekt
Control groups
Data analysis
Dominican Republic
Dominikanische Republik
Earnings
Einkommenseffekt
Employment
Employment opportunities
Employment rates
Employment training programs
Estimation
Health insurance
Human capital
Impact analysis
Internships
Job training
Jugendlicher
Junger Erwachsener
Labor economics
Labor force surveys
Labor market
Labor markets
Lateinamerika
Lohnhöhe
On the job training
Point estimators
Qualifizierungsmaßnahme
Surveys
Training
Young workers
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Summary:"We report the impacts of a job training program operated in the Dominican Republic. A random sample of applicants was selected to undergo training, and information was gathered 10-14 months after graduation. Unfortunately, people originally assigned to treatment who failed to show up were not included in the follow-up survey, potentially compromising the evaluation design. We present estimates of the program effect, including comparisons that ignore the potential nonrandomness of 'no-show' behavior, and estimates that model selectivity parametrically. We find little indication of a positive effect on employment outcomes but some evidence of a modest effect on earnings, conditional on working." Forschungsmethode: Evaluation; anwendungsorientiert; empirisch; Befragung. Die Untersuchung bezieht sich auf den Zeitraum 2004 bis 2005. (author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
ISSN:0734-306X
1537-5307
DOI:10.1086/658090