Going the distance: Hybrid vocational training for women in Nepal

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Janzen, Sarah; Magnan, Nicholas; Mullally, Conner; Sharma, Shruti; Shrestha, Bhola
• 署名单位: University of Illinois System; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Colorado State University System; Colorado State University Fort Collins; State University System of Florida; University of Florida
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0304-3878
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2024.103414
• 发表日期: 2025
• 关键词: labor force participation; Nepal; vocational training; women

摘要

We test whether access to a hybrid distance learning program can expand professional training opportunities where women's labor force participation is low. Qualified women were randomly selected to train as community animal health workers through either a traditional training course requiring 35 consecutive days away from home or a distance learning course requiring two shorter stays plus a tablet-based home curriculum. Distance learning increases training completion rates from 30% to 51%. Distance learning trainees are at least as knowledgeable and skilled as their traditionally trained counterparts, with similar labor force participation and long-run job performance.