.Youth recognize that their lack of skills and experience are impediments to employment.The objective of this report is to assess youth … formal employment, this report has a particular focus on skill development in vocational trades and the informal sector. This … World Bank's Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) 2013-2017. Both recognize that inadequate skills and vulnerable employment …

in terms of employment opportunities, labor market earnings, and access to tertiary education in Indonesia. With data … students in 1997 to examine their schooling and employment status in 2000. The findings demonstrate that: (1) attendance at … vocational secondary schools results in neither market advantage nor disadvantage in terms of employment opportunities and …

"The authors examine the factors affecting the transition to self-employment in Bosnia and Herzegovina, using the World … activity. The analysis identifies individuals that switched to self-employment (employers and own account) during the sample … in self-employment. After controlling for household wealth, having an existing bank relationship increases the likelihood …

Series data for the 2000 Census. Among women and for labor market outcomes such as labor force participation, employment, and … Blacks. Among men, for labor force participation and employment, foreign-born Blacks are doing better than native Blacks. The …

formal-sector wage-earners in 43 countries. The paper then uses five independent methods to correct these estimates for … unobserved differences and introduces a selection model to estimate how migrants' wage gains depend on their position in the … distribution of unobserved wage determinants. Following all adjustments for selectivity and compensating differentials, the authors …