This paper examines the phenomena of high rates of youth that are out of school and out of work in Latin America. The … possibility of scarring effects, and finds that higher shares of out of school and out of work youth at ages 15?20 years are … associated with lower wages for the same cohorts later in life, at ages 35?40 years, for males and females. As for employment …

three countries, the analysis finds evidence that youth who drop out due to a household income shock have worse employment … the enrollment status of youth ages 15 to 25. The findings suggest that negative income shocks significantly increase the … outcomes than similar youth who exit school without a household income shock. Differences in labor markets and safety net …

imprecise. In sum, reductions in cohort size are associated with moderate improvements in employment outcomes for youth in … correlated with subsequent employment outcomes for workers at different ages. The results depend on countries' level of …

The effectiveness of a demand-driven vocational-training program for disadvantaged youth in Ulaanbaatar, the capital …-term positive impacts on self-employment and skills match, while positive but uncertain effects emerge for employment and earnings … training days attended). These positive impacts, however, do not lead to higher employment or greater earnings …

This paper provides experimental evidence on the effects of vocational and entrepreneurial training for Malawian youth …, in an environment where access to schooling and formal sector employment is extremely low. It tracks a large fraction of …

goal of increasing the employment and income of 2,500 young Liberian women by providing livelihood and life skills training … of the training program ended. Strong impacts are found on the employment and earnings outcomes of program participants …, relative to a control group of non-participants. The EPAG program increased employment by 47 percent and earnings by 80 percent …

treatment impacts and their heterogeneity. The average impact of training on employment is positive, but close to zero and … training, the paper finds that training had statistically significant effects on the quality of employment and that the …

programs to foster self-employment, impact evaluations of enterprises benefiting from training programs for small and medium …

improving employment outcomes over the medium to long term. A potential time lag between entrepreneurial intentions and actions … is sometimes presented as a reason why employment impacts are rarely observed. Based on a randomized control trial among … students' graduation. The paper complements earlier evidence that documented small, short-term impacts on entry into self-employment …