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quality of youth employment in Cameroon. The study uses data from the Cameroonian Household Survey (CHS 4) carried out by the …
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This paper uses teacher assessments at age 16 in Norwegian comprehensive schools to measure different types of skills. While we follow the literature and interpret test scores in Mathematics and Science as proxy for cognitive skills, we use a novel measure for another type of skills: Performance...
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counselling and training in the Youth Work Plan (YWP) if a job is not found within three months. The length of the waiting period …
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This study shows that the relative size of the youth bulge matters for how corruption affects the internal stability of … with a relatively large youth population. Using panel data covering the 2002-2012 period for more than 100 countries, we … find a negative interaction effect between the relative size of the youth population and corruption on internal political …
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theoretic framework. Utilizing an RD design, we analyse responses to a nationwide Swedish youth activation program. We find that …
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We study a mentoring program that aims to improve the labor-market prospects of school-attending adolescents from disadvantaged families by offering them a university-student mentor. Our RCT investigates program effectiveness on three outcome dimensions that are highly predictive of...
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communities. We study the potential for youth camps—integrating rituals, sports, and civics training—to strengthen intergroup … minority, while higher intergroup contact backfires among Hindus but not Muslims. Our findings demonstrate that inclusive youth …
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A key role of science-based non-governmental organizations (NGOs) is to communicate scientific knowledge to … of such NGOs and weaken their ability to influence policy. To investigate the mechanisms by which a firm can profitably …
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Over the last decades, the internationalization of the value chain has allowed firms to exploit cross-country differences in environmental and labor regulation (and enforcement) in ways that have led to a large number of NGO campaigns and consumer boycotts criticizing "unethical" practices. How...
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obtained from recently available data containing 102 532 campaigns by 4 343 NGOs targeting 11 429 firms from 145 countries … guide our theoretical analysis. We propose a model of global sourcing and international trade in which heterogeneous NGOs …
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