Training the disadvantaged youth and labor market outcomes: Evidence from Bangladesh

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Das, Narayan
• 署名单位: Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee BRAC; BRAC University
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0304-3878
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2020.102585
• 发表日期: 2021
• 关键词: Training; earnings; youth; bangladesh

摘要

This paper estimates the effects of a youth training program in Bangladesh on labor market outcomes. The program, organized as a randomized controlled trial , provides on-the-job and classroom training to disadvantaged unemployed youth. ITT results show that six months after the intervention, on-the-job training increases labor market participation by 16 percentage points and earnings by 23%. The effect on employment declines in the long-run, after 22 months, but the effect on earnings is sustained as the program induces a shi f t from casual work to wage employment. Adding classroom training over on-the-job training has no short term effect on aggregate employment and earnings but it has more sustained effect .