market and economic measures, which ultimately also benefit younger people, youth-targeted measures are needed given the … actual policy responses in the area of youth employment during the COVID-19 crisis in 20 selected countries. If such measures …, broader policy support continues to be needed, including specific policy measures targeting youth. …

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 paper to rigorously evaluate the effectiveness of a training program … constructed around expressive arts. Using a randomized assignment of favela youth into program and control groups, we look at the …

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 paper to rigorously evaluate the effectiveness of a training program … constructed around expressive arts. Using a randomized assignment of favela youth into program and control groups, we look at the …

(employment) and intensive (hours of work, income) margin, but it (i) induced occupational sorting, with treated individuals more … likely to work in their field of specialization, (ii) partially improved job quality (written contracts, medical benefits …

Skills are a central source of high productivity and economic well-being. But what do we mean by productive skills …? Both with regard to measurement and policy, the primary focus in the U.S. has been on academic skills, as measured by tests … consensus is emerging that an array of non-academic skills and occupational skills may be at least as important for labor market …

Youth unemployment and underemployment are serious concerns in sub-Saharan Africa, especially given the region’s young … population. The barriers young people face stem both from skills deficiencies and from weak fundamentals that constrain job … not adequately reflect the reality that most young people work in agriculture, household enterprises, and self …

labour market — women and youth. By means of adapting methodology of other authors we concentrate on in-depth empirical … and youth perform better than average in effectiveness of active labour market policies …

While high rates of youth unemployment are a severe problem in most European countries, the program evaluation … components: a) individual coaching, b) classroom training and c) temporary work. Using an ex-post quasi-randomization approach …

Youth training programs a ... …

We study the effect of a job training program for low income youth in Cordoba, Argentina. The program included life-skills …