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Subsidizing Vocational Training for Disadvantaged Youth in Colombia: Evidence from a Randomized Trial

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  • Orazio Attanasio
  • Adriana Kugler
  • Costas Meghir

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This paper evaluates the impact of a randomized training program for disadvantaged youth introduced in Colombia in 2005. This randomized trial offers a unique opportunity to examine the impact of training in a middle income country. We use originally collected data on individuals randomly offered and not offered training. The program raises earnings and employment for women. Women offered training earn 19.6 percent more and have a 0.068 higher probability of paid employment than those not offered training, mainly in formal-sector jobs. Cost-benefit analysis of these results suggests that the program generates much larger net gains than those found in developed countries. (JEL I28, J13, J24, O15)

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Article provided by American Economic Association in its journal American Economic Journal: Applied Economics.

Volume (Year): 3 (2011)
Issue (Month): 3 (July)
Pages: 188-220

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Handle: RePEc:aea:aejapp:v:3:y:2011:i:3:p:188-220

Note: DOI: 10.1257/app.3.3.188
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  1. The Impact of Vocational Training for Young Women in Delhi
    by David McKenzie in Development Impact on 2012-10-08 23:26:43
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  6. Eichhorst, Werner & Rodríguez-Planas, Núria & Schmidl, Ricarda & Zimmermann, Klaus F., 2012. "A Roadmap to Vocational Education and Training Systems Around the World," IZA Discussion Papers 7110, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).
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  8. Pushkar Maitra & Subha Mani, 2012. "Learning and Earning: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in India," Monash Economics Working Papers 44-12, Monash University, Department of Economics.
  9. Dasgupta, Utteeyo & Gangadharan, Lata & Maitra, Pushkar & Mani, Subha & Subramanian, Samyukta, 2011. "Selection into skill accumulation: evidence using observational and experimental data," MPRA Paper 32383, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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