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Youth Employment Programs - Independent Evaluation Group

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Table B.8CountryBosnia andHerzegovinaChinaColombiaDominicanRepublic<strong>Youth</strong> <strong>Employment</strong> Impact <strong>Evaluation</strong>s (cont.)<strong>Evaluation</strong>study Interventions Target groupJalan andRavallion(2003)Benus andothers(2001)Bidaniand others(2009)Attanasioand others(2011)Kugler(2005)Medinaand Núñez(2001)Card andothers(2011)Tesliuc(2011)Fostering jobcreation/workopportunitiesDirect job creationSmoothing transitionfrom schoolto work andfacilitating jobmobilityCounselingSkillsdevelopmentRemedial TVETSkillsdevelopmentRemedial TVETSkillsdevelopmentRemedial TVETFostering jobcreation/workopportunitiesRegulations toprovide incentivesto firms to hireyoung people (jobsecurity regulations,severancepayments)SkillsdevelopmentRemedial TVETSmoothing transitionfrom schoolto work andfacilitating jobmobilityCounselingSkillsdevelopmentRemedial TVET,training subsidies,and vouchersSkillsdevelopmentRemedial TVET,training subsidies,and vouchersSelf-selectedunemployedworkers frompoor familiesDemobilizedsoldiers anddisplacedworkersObservationperiod<strong>Evaluation</strong>method1997 Propensityscore matching1996–1999 Meandifferences<strong>Youth</strong> 1994–1996 Propensityscore matchingOrdinary leastsquare<strong>Employment</strong>effectNAPositivePositive (inWuhan)<strong>Youth</strong> 2004–2006 Experiment Positive (forwomen)All workershired after1990 and coveredby thelegislation(formal-sectorworkers)1988–1996 Difference indifference<strong>Youth</strong> 1997 Propensityscore matchingVaries (dependingongender, age,educationlevel, industry,and firmsize)NAEarningseffectPositivePositivePositive (inShenyang)Positive (forwomen)NAInsignificant<strong>Youth</strong> 2004–2005 Experiment Insignificant Positive<strong>Youth</strong> 2008–2011 Experiment Insignificant Positive84 <strong>Youth</strong> <strong>Employment</strong> <strong>Programs</strong>

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