Can information about jobs improve the effectiveness of vocational training? Experimental evidence from India

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Chakravorty, Bhaskar; Arulampalam, Wiji; Bhatiya, Apurav Yash; Imbert, Clement; Rathelot, Roland
• 署名单位: University of Warwick; University of Birmingham; Institut d'Etudes Politiques Paris (Sciences Po); Institut Polytechnique de Paris; ENSAE Paris
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0304-3878
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2024.103273
• 发表日期: 2024
• 关键词: Training policies; Rural areas; education; RCT; information imperfections; Information intervention

摘要

We use a randomized experiment to evaluate the impact of providing richer information about prospective jobs to vocational trainees on their employment outcomes. The setting of the study is the vocational training program DDU-GKY in India. We find that including in the training two information sessions about placement opportunities make trainees 18% more likely to stay in the jobs in which they are placed. We provide suggestive evidence that the effect is driven by improved selection into training: as a result of the intervention, trainees that are over-optimistic about placement jobs are more likely to drop out before placement.