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Youth unemployment in old Europe : the polar cases of France and Germany

Cahuc, Pierre; Carcillo, Stéphane; Rinne, Ulf; … - 2013

France and Germany are two polar cases in the European debate about rising youth unemployment. Similar to what can be … observed in Southern European countries, a "lost generation" may arise in France. In stark contrast, youth unemployment has … short-term oriented policies can only have temporary effects. Ultimately, the youth unemployment disease in France and in …

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Apprenticeship, vocational training and early labor market outcomes in East and West Germany

Riphahn, Regina T.; Zibrowius, Michael - 2015

We study the returns to apprenticeship and vocational training for three early labor market outcomes all measured at age 25 for East and West German youths: non-employment (i.e., unemployment or out of the labor force), permanent fulltime employment, and wages. We find strong positive effects of...

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Long run effects of youth training programs : experimental evidence from Argentina

Alzúa, María Laura; Cruces, Guillermo; López, Carolina - 2016

We study the effect of a job training program for low income youth in Cordoba, Argentina. The program included life-skills and vocational training, as well as internships with private sector employers. Participants were allocated by means of a public lottery. We rely on administrative data on...

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Skills training and employment outcomes in rural Bihar

Chakravorty, Bhaskar; Bedi, Arjun Singh - 2017

In a number of countries, youth unemployment is a pressing economic and political concern. In India, 54 percent of the country's population of 1.21 billion is below the age of 25 and faces a high rate of (disguised) unemployment. To augment youth employment, the Government of India has launched...

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Assessing the impact of off- and on-the-job training on employment outcomes : a counterfactual evaluation of the PIPOL program

Pastore, Francesco; Pompili, Marco - 2019

This evaluation study aims to assess the impact of PIPOL, an integrated program of active labor policies, on the employment integration of benefit recipients. To address the issue, we have resorted to a counterfactual approach with data from two main sources: the program administration and...

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Vocational training for unemployed youth in Latvia : evidence from a regression discontinuity design

Bratti, Massimilano; Ghirelli, Corinna; Havari, Enkelejda; … - 2018

This paper evaluates the impact of a vocational training programme on the labour market outcomes of unemployed youth in Latvia. The programme is part of the Youth Guarantee scheme for the period 2014-2020, the largest action launched by the European Union to reduce youth unemployment rate and to...

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Estimating the effects of length of exposure to a training program : the case of job corps

Flores-Lagunes, Alfonso (contributor); … - 2007

Most of the literature on the evaluation of training programs focuses on the effect of participation on a particular outcome (e.g. earnings). The "treatment" is generally represented by a binary variable equal to one if participation in the program occurs, and equal to zero if no participation...

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Experimental evidence on the long-term impacts of a youth training program

Ibarrarán, Pablo; Kluve, Jochen; Ripani, Laura; Shady, … - 2015

This paper presents the results of a randomized controlled trial on the long-term impacts of a youth training program. The empirical analysis estimates labor market impacts six years after the training including long-term - labor market trajectories of young people - and, to the best of our...

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Can arts-based interventions enhance labor market outcomes among youth? : evidence from a randomized trial in Rio de Janeiro

Calero, Carla; Corseuil, Carlos Henrique; Gonzales, Veronica - 2014

This paper provides findings of a small-scale, innovative labor training program that uses expressive arts and theatre as a pedagogical tool. The corresponding life skills training component is combined with a technical component teaching vocational skills. To our knowledge, this is the first...

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Size of training firms : the role of firms, luck, and ability in young workers' careers

Müller, Steffen; Neubäumer, Renate - 2016

This paper analyzes how life-cycle unemployment of former apprentices depends on the size of the training firm. We start from the hypotheses that the size of training firms reduces long-run cumulated unemployment exposure, e.g. via differences in training quality and in the availability of...

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