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How effective are active labor market policies in developing countries ? a critical review of recent evidence

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  1. Achyuta Adhvaryu & Namrata Kala & Anant Nyshadham, 2018. "The Skills to Pay the Bills: Returns to On-the-job Soft Skills Training," NBER Working Papers 24313, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  2. Ragui Assaad & Caroline Krafft, 2023. "Labour market dynamics and youth unemployment in the Middle East and North Africa: Evidence from Egypt, Jordan, and Tunisia," LABOUR, CEIS, vol. 37(4), pages 519-553, December.
  3. Islam, Asadul & Lee, Wang-Sheng & Triyana, Margaret & Xia, Xing, 2023. "Improving Health and Safety in the Informal Sector: Evidence from a Randomized Trial in Bangladesh," IZA Discussion Papers 16150, IZA Network @ LISER.
  4. Gehrke, Esther & Hartwig, Renate, 2018. "Productive effects of public works programs: What do we know? What should we know?," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 107(C), pages 111-124.
  5. M. Antonella Mancino, Leonardo Fabio Morales, Diego F. Salazar, 2024. "Signaling Worker Quality in a Developing Country: Lessons from a Certification Program," LCERPA Working Papers bm0143, Laurier Centre for Economic Research and Policy Analysis.
  6. Pieters, Janneke & Klasen, Stephan, 2020. "Randomization for women’s economic empowerment? Lessons and limitations of randomized experiments," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 127(C).
  7. Eliana Carranza & William David Wiseman & Andreas Eberhard-Ruiz & Ana Lucia Cardenas Martinez, 2022. "Colombia Jobs Diagnostic [Colombia Diagnóstico de Empleo]," World Bank Publications - Reports 37403, The World Bank Group.
  8. Fabio Gaetano Santeramo & Lerato Phali, 2023. "On the impact of provincial development policies in South Africa," Development Southern Africa, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 40(6), pages 1137-1152, November.
  9. Josephine Marie Macanas-Binayao, 2026. "The Influence of Parental Engagement and Family Resource Management on Community Development," International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS), vol. 10(6), pages 13264-13282, June.
  10. Andrea Atencio-De-Leon & Munseob Lee & Claudia Macaluso, 2025. "Does Turnover Inhibit Specialization? Evidence from a Skill Survey in Peru," American Economic Review: Insights, American Economic Association, vol. 7(1), pages 56-70, March.
  11. Allemand,Mathias & Kirchberger,Martina & Sveta Milusheva & Newman,Carol Frances & Roberts,Brent & Thorne,Vincent, 2023. "Conscientiousness and Labor Market Returns : Evidence from a Field Experiment in West Africa," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10378, The World Bank.
  12. Lastauskas, Povilas & Stakėnas, Julius, 2024. "Labor market policies in high- and low-interest rate environments: Evidence from the euro area," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 141(C).
  13. André D. Tsambou & Thierno Malick Diallo & Benjamin Fomba Kamga & Simplice A. Asongu, 2024. "Impact of employment support programs on the quality of youth employment: Evidence from Senegal's internship program," Sustainable Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 32(5), pages 4606-4632, October.
  14. Chatri Abdellatif & Tahir Najia, 2023. "How do COVID-19 re-hiring subsidies affect unemployment duration and incomes in Morocco? An instrumental variable approach," Journal of Economic Structures, Springer;Pan-Pacific Association of Input-Output Studies (PAPAIOS), vol. 12(1), pages 1-19, December.
  15. Seán M. Muller, 2021. "Evidence for a YETI? A Cautionary Tale from South Africa's Youth Employment Tax Incentive," Development and Change, International Institute of Social Studies, vol. 52(6), pages 1301-1342, November.
  16. Camila Cisneros-Acevedo & Alessandro Ruggieri, 2022. "Firms, policies, informality, and the labour market," Discussion Papers 2022-11, University of Nottingham, GEP.
  17. Ham Andrés & Maldonado Darío & Guzmán-Gutiérrez Carlos Santiago, 2021. "Recent trends in the youth labor market in Colombia: Diagnosis and policy challenges," IZA Journal of Labor Policy, Paradigm & Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit GmbH (IZA), vol. 11(1), pages 1-62, January.
  18. Malerba, Daniele, 2022. "Just transitions: A review of how to decarbonise energy systems while addressing poverty and inequality reduction," IDOS Discussion Papers 6/2022, German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS).
  19. Bhatiya, Apurav Yash & Chakravorty, Bhaskar & Imbert, Clément & Rathelot, Roland, 2026. "How do beliefs and preferences over jobs affect enrollment in vocational training: Experimental evidence from India," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 184(C).
  20. Evan Borkum & Irina Cheban & Camila Fernandez & Ira Nichols-Barrer, "undated". "Evaluation Interim Report for the Georgia II Industry-Led Skills and Workforce Development Project," Mathematica Policy Research Reports 8cce62be3be740bd98784231a, Mathematica Policy Research.
  21. Chakravorty, Bhaskar & Arulampalam, Wiji & Bhatiya, Apurav Yash & Imbert, Clément & Rathelot, Roland, 2024. "Can information about jobs improve the effectiveness of vocational training? Experimental evidence from India," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 169(C).
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  23. McGrath, Simon & Yamada, Shoko, 2023. "Skills for development and vocational education and training: Current and emergent trends," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 102(C).
  24. Eduardo Levy Yeyati, 2019. "What Works for Active Labor Market Policies?," CID Working Papers 358, Center for International Development at Harvard University.
  25. Basu, Arnab K. & Chau, Nancy H. & Soundararajan, Vidhya, 2021. "Contract employment as a worker discipline device," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 149(C).
  26. Harry Edmund Moroz, 2020. "The Role of Social Protection in Building, Protecting, and Deploying Human Capital in the East Asia and Pacific Region," World Bank Publications - Reports 34783, The World Bank Group.
  27. Noe Reidt, 2021. "Climate Policies and Labor Markets in Developing Countries," CER-ETH Economics working paper series 21/351, CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research (CER-ETH) at ETH Zurich.
  28. Rosas, Nina & Acevedo, Maria Cecilia & Zaldivar, Samantha, 2022. "Starting points matter: Cash plus training effects on youth entrepreneurship, skills, and resilience during an epidemic," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 149(C).
  29. Evan Borkum & Paolo Abarcar & Laura Meyer & Matthew Spitzer, "undated". "Jordan Refugee Livelihoods Development Impact Bond Evaluation Framework," Mathematica Policy Research Reports 602dafe521fe4467854dcd45e, Mathematica Policy Research.
  30. Enja Marie Herdejürgen, & Sumaya Islam & Martin Schneider, 2026. "Shifting Mindsets – Shaping Mali: Can The Problem-Based, Blended-Learning Approach Of Edtech Be The Future Of Adult Education And Training In Africa," Working Papers Dissertations 170, Paderborn University, Faculty of Business Administration and Economics.
  31. Brown, Annette N. & Wood, Benjamin Douglas Kuflick, 2018. "Which tests not witch hunts: A diagnostic approach for conducting replication research," Economics - The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal (2007-2020), Kiel Institute for the World Economy, vol. 12, pages 1-26.
  32. Thomas Le Barbanchon & Johannes F. Schmieder & Andrea Weber, 2024. "Job Search, Unemployment Insurance, and Active Labor Market Policies," NBER Working Papers 32720, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  33. Harry Moroz & Mariana Viollaz, 2024. "The Future of Work in Central America and the Dominican Republic," World Bank Publications - Reports 42043, The World Bank Group.
  34. Francisco Guijarro, 2018. "Economic Recovery and Effectiveness of Active Labour Market Initiatives for the Unemployed in Spain: A Gender Perspective of the Valencian Region," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(10), pages 1-15, October.
  35. Lisa Bagnoli & Antonio Estache, 2022. "Mentoring Migrants for Labor Market Integration: Policy Insights from a Survey of Mentoring Theory and Practice [A Marginal Cost Analysis of a Big Brothers Big Sisters of America Youth Mentoring Program: New Evidence Using Statistical Analysis]," The World Bank Research Observer, World Bank, vol. 37(1), pages 39-72.
  36. André Dumas Tsambou & Lionie Mafang & Thierno Malick Diallo & Benjamin Fomba Kamga, 2024. "Impact of job training program on employment outcomes in Senegal," SN Business & Economics, Springer, vol. 4(8), pages 1-33, August.
  37. Livia Alfonsi & Oriana Bandiera & Vittorio Bassi & Robin Burgess & Imran Rasul & Munshi Sulaiman & Anna Vitali, 2020. "Tackling Youth Unemployment: Evidence From a Labor Market Experiment in Uganda," Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 88(6), pages 2369-2414, November.
  38. Abigail TAMAKLOE & Augustina Adei ASHIE & Emmanuel Erastus YAMOAH, 2024. "Emotional Exhaustion And The Baby-Profit Gap: The Role Of Workplace Support In Ghana’S Private Sector," Management Research and Practice, Research Centre in Public Administration and Public Services, Bucharest, Romania, vol. 16(3), pages 34-51, September.
  39. Chakravarty, Shubha & Lundberg, Mattias & Nikolov, Plamen & Zenker, Juliane, 2019. "Vocational training programs and youth labor market outcomes: Evidence from Nepal," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 136(C), pages 71-110.
  40. Girum Abebe & A Stefano Caria & Marcel Fafchamps & Paolo Falco & Simon Franklin & Simon Quinn, 2021. "Anonymity or Distance? Job Search and Labour Market Exclusion in a Growing African City," The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd, vol. 88(3), pages 1279-1310.
  41. Andreoni, Antonio & van Huellen, Sophie & Katera, Lucas & Jahari, Cornel, 2024. "How to overcome rent seeking in Tanzania’s skills sector? Exploring feasible reforms through discrete choice experiments," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 182(C).
  42. Nina Pavcnik, 2017. "The Impact of Trade on Inequality in Developing Countries," NBER Working Papers 23878, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  43. Abay, Kibrom A. & Alzua, Maria Laura & Barasa, Laura & Machio, Phyllis Mumia & Tabe-Ojong, Martin Paul Jr., 2024. "Soft-skills training, locus of control, and labor market outcomes of youth: Evidence from a randomized intervention in Kenya," IFPRI discussion papers 2294, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  44. Túlio A. Cravo & Caio Piza, 2019. "The impact of business-support services on firm performance: a meta-analysis," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 53(3), pages 753-770, October.
  45. Takasaki, Yoshito, 2024. "Impacts of vocational training for persons with disabilities: Experimental evidence from Cambodia," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 169(C).
  46. Christopher Blattman & Nathan Fiala & Sebastian Martinez, 2018. "The Long Term Impacts of Grants on Poverty: 9-year Evidence From Uganda's Youth Opportunities Program," NBER Working Papers 24999, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  47. Fletcher, Erin K. & Pande, Rohini & Moore, Charity Troyer, 2019. "Women and Work in India: Descriptive Evidence and a Review of Potential Policies," India Policy Forum, National Council of Applied Economic Research, vol. 15(1), pages 149-216.
  48. Oriana Bandiera & Ahmed Elsayed & Anton Heil & Andrea Smurra, 2022. "Economic Development and the Organisation Of Labour: Evidence from the Jobs of the World Project," Journal of the European Economic Association, European Economic Association, vol. 20(6), pages 2226-2270.
  49. Hanan Morsy & Adamon N. Mukasa, 2019. "Working Paper 326 - Youth Jobs, Skill and Educational Mismatches in Africa," Working Paper Series 2452, African Development Bank.
  50. Vittorio Bassi & Aisha Nansamba, 2022. "Screening and Signalling Non-Cognitive Skills: Experimental Evidence from Uganda," The Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 132(642), pages 471-511.
  51. Abebe, Girum & Caria, Stefano & Fafchamps, Marcel & Falco, Paolo & Franklin, Simon & Quinn, Simon, 2017. "Anonymity of distance? Job search and labour market exclusion in a growing African city," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 86573, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
  52. Banerjee, Abhijit V. & Chiplunkar, Gaurav, 2024. "How important are matching frictions in the labor market? Experimental & non-experimental evidence from a large Indian firm," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 171(C).
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  54. Novella, Rafael & Rosas-Shady, David & Freund, Richard, 2024. "Is online job training for all? Experimental evidence on the effects of a Coursera program in Costa Rica," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 169(C).
  55. Romain Duval & Prakash Loungani, 2021. "Designing Labor Market Institutions in Emerging Market and Developing Economies: A Review of Evidence and IMF Policy Advice," Comparative Economic Studies, Palgrave Macmillan;Association for Comparative Economic Studies, vol. 63(1), pages 31-83, March.
  56. Kelley, Erin M. & Ksoll, Christopher & Magruder, Jeremy, 2024. "How do digital platforms affect employment and job search? Evidence from India," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 166(C).
  57. McIntosh, Craig & Zeitlin, Andrew, 2022. "Using household grants to benchmark the cost effectiveness of a USAID workforce readiness program," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 157(C).
  58. Jing, Chunxiao, 2026. "Weather Shocks, Labor Reallocation, and Structural Transformation: Micro Evidence from Africa," 2026 Annual Meeting, July 26 - 28, 2026, Kansas City, Missouri 404662, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
  59. Eduardo Levy Yeyati, 2019. "What Works for Active Labor Market Policies?," CID Working Papers 358, Center for International Development at Harvard University.
  60. Luis E. Arango & Leonardo Bonilla-Mejía & Luz A. Flórez, 2025. "Costs of training and the demand for apprentices," Borradores de Economia 1312, Banco de la Republica de Colombia.
  61. Blanchard, Pablo & Brum, Matias & Carrasco, Paula & Parada, Cecilia & Perazzo, Ivone, 2025. "Employment effects of a social and labour inclusion programme," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 94(C).
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  63. World Bank, 2022. "Inequality in Southern Africa," World Bank Publications - Reports 37283, The World Bank Group.
  64. Acevedo, Paloma & Cruces, Guillermo & Gertler, Paul & Martinez, Sebastian, 2020. "How vocational education made women better off but left men behind," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 65(C).
  65. Kangoh Lee, 2021. "Labor market frictions, capital, taxes and employment," International Tax and Public Finance, Springer;International Institute of Public Finance, vol. 28(6), pages 1329-1359, December.
  66. Sam Jones & Kunal Sen, 2022. "Labour market effects of digital matching platforms: Experimental evidence from sub-Saharan Africa," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2022-69, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
  67. Farah Hani & Miguel Angel Santos, 2021. "Diagnosing Human Capital as a Binding Constraint to Growth: Tests, Symptoms and Prescriptions," CID Working Papers 144a, Center for International Development at Harvard University.
  68. Francesco Amodio & Pamela Medina & Monica Morlacco, 2025. "Labor Market Power, Self-Employment, and Development," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 115(9), pages 3014-3057, September.
  69. Adam Osman & Jamin D. Speer, 2024. "Stigma and take‐up of labour market assistance: Evidence from two field experiments," Economica, London School of Economics and Political Science, vol. 91(361), pages 123-141, January.
  70. Maria Laura Alzúa & Soyolmaa Batbekh & Altantsetseg Batchuluun & Bayarmaa Dalkhjavd & José Galdo, 2019. "Living with the Neighbors: Demand-Driven Youth Training Programs: Experimental Evidence from Mongolia," CEDLAS, Working Papers 0249, CEDLAS, Universidad Nacional de La Plata.
  71. Raymond Robertson & Timothy J. Halliday & Sindhu Vasireddy, 2026. "Labor Market Adjustment to Third-Party Competition: Evidence from Mexico," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Raymond Robertson (ed.), Not Just Neighbors The Remarkable Economic Relationships in North America, chapter 4, pages 105-148, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
  72. Nezih Guner & Alessandro Ruggieri, 2021. "Misallocation and inequality," Discussion Papers 2021/01, University of Nottingham, Centre for Finance, Credit and Macroeconomics (CFCM).
  73. Emily A. Beam & Stella Quimbo, 2023. "The Impact of Short-Term Employment for Low-Income Youth: Experimental Evidence from the Philippines," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 105(6), pages 1379-1393, November.
  74. Baptista, Dulce & Freund, Richard & Novella, Rafael, 2024. "Job training and search assistance for microwork: Evidence from Haiti," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 244(C).
  75. Vezza, Evelyn & Zunino,Gonzalo & Laguinge,Luis & Moroz, Harry Edmund & Apella, Ignacio Raul & Spivack, Marla Hillary, 2025. "Understanding Labor Market Demand in Real Time in Argentina and Uruguay," Policy Research Working Paper Series 11086, The World Bank.
  76. Virginia Barberis & Laura Brouwer & Jan von der Goltz & Timothy Hobden & Mira Saidi & Kirsten Schuettler & Karin Seyfert, 2022. "Cost-Effectiveness of Jobs Projects in Conflict and Forced Displacement Contexts," World Bank Publications - Reports 38450, The World Bank Group.
  77. Martin Abel & Rulof Burger & Patrizio Piraino, 2017. "The value of reference letters," Working Papers 06/2017, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics.
  78. Kevin Donovan & Will Jianyu Lu & Todd Schoellman, 2023. "Labor Market Dynamics and Development," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 138(4), pages 2287-2325.
  79. Yashodhan Ghorpade & Camila Franco Restrepo & Luis Eduardo Castellanos, 2024. "Social Protection and Labor Market Policies for the Informally Employed," World Bank Publications - Reports 41328, The World Bank Group.
  80. Nicolò Bird, 2020. "Evidence from global practices of active labour market policies for young people’s transition to work," Policy Research Brief 71, International Policy Centre.
  81. Dunsch, Felipe Alexander, 2022. "Economic Empowerment of Women-led Firms in Developing Countries," SocArXiv gtsn2_v1, Center for Open Science.
  82. Stefano Caria & Bruno Crepon & Hala ElBehairy & Noha Fadlalmawla & Caroline Krafft & Abdelrahman Nagy & Lili Mottaghi & Nahla Zeitoun & Souraya El Assiouty, 2022. "Child Care Subsidies, Employment Services and Women's Labor Market Outcomes in Egypt," World Bank Publications - Reports 37825, The World Bank Group.
  83. Andrea Kiss & Robert Garlick & Kate Orkin & Luke Hensel, 2023. "Jobseekers’ Beliefs about Comparative Advantage and (Mis)Directed Search," Upjohn Working Papers 23-388, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.
  84. Armand, Alex & Carneiro, Pedro & Tagliati, Federico & Xia, Yiming, 2026. "Can subsidized employment tackle long-term unemployment? Experimental evidence from North Macedonia," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 178(C).
  85. World Bank, 2020. "Nepal Development Update, July 2020," World Bank Publications - Reports 34178, The World Bank Group.
  86. Suleman Bawa, 2025. "From Survival to Growth: Unleashing the Entrepreneurial and Small Business Development Through Innovation in Sub‐Saharan Africa," Growth and Change, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 56(4), December.
  87. Afridi, Farzana & Gupta, Tanu & Heath, Rachel & Mahajan, Kanika, 2025. "Smart Skilling: Experimental Evidence on Vocational Training Design," IZA Discussion Papers 18272, IZA Network @ LISER.
  88. Aanchal Bagga & Marcus Holmlund & Nausheen Khan & Subha Mani & Eric Mvukiyehe & Patrick Premand, 2026. "Do Public Works Programs Have Sustained Impacts? A Review of Experimental Studies from LMICs," The World Bank Research Observer, World Bank, vol. 41(1), pages 1-38.
  89. Blattman, Chris & Fiala, Nathan & Martinez, Sebastian, 2019. "The long term impacts of grants on poverty: 9-year evidence from Uganda’s Youth Opportunities Program," SocArXiv vctuh, Center for Open Science.
  90. Laurel Wheeler & Robert Garlick & Eric Johnson & Patrick Shaw & Marissa Gargano, 2022. "LinkedIn(to) Job Opportunities: Experimental Evidence from Job Readiness Training," American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association, vol. 14(2), pages 101-125, April.
  91. Richard Kofi Asravor & Frank Gyimah Sackey, 2022. "Wage Price Floors and Sectoral Employment Outcomes in Ghana," The Indian Journal of Labour Economics, Springer;The Indian Society of Labour Economics (ISLE), vol. 65(1), pages 103-122, March.
  92. Fox,Louise & Kaul,Upaasna, 2018. "The evidence is in : how should youth employment programs in low-income countries be designed ?," Policy Research Working Paper Series 8500, The World Bank.
  93. Andrés Ham & Dar�o Maldonado & Carlos Santiago Guzm�n-Guti�rrez, 2019. "Tendencias recientes en la situación laboral de los jóvenes en Colombia: diagnóstico, desafíos y retos de política pública," Documentos de trabajo 17569, Escuela de Gobierno - Universidad de los Andes.
  94. Martin Abel & Rulof Burger & Eliana Carranza & Patrizio Piraino, 2019. "Bridging the Intention-Behavior Gap? The Effect of Plan-Making Prompts on Job Search and Employment," American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association, vol. 11(2), pages 284-301, April.
  95. Stöterau, Jonathan, 2019. "Job training programs for youth in low-income countries," PEGNet Policy Briefs 15/2019, PEGNet - Poverty Reduction, Equity and Growth Network, Kiel Institute for the World Economy.
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  97. Gordon Betcherman & Themrise Khan, 2018. "Jobs for Africa’s expanding youth cohort: a stocktaking of employment prospects and policy interventions," IZA Journal of Migration and Development, Springer;Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit GmbH (IZA), vol. 8(1), pages 1-20, December.
  98. Aramburu,Julian & Goicoechea,Ana & Mobarak,Ahmed Mushfiq, 2021. "Coding Bootcamps for Female Digital Employment : Evidence from an RCT in Argentina and Colombia," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9721, The World Bank.
  99. Xiao Ma & Alejandro Nakab & Camila Navajas-Ahumada & Daniela Vidart, 2025. "The Motherhood Training Penalty," Working papers 2025-04, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics.
  100. Araujo,Caridad & Baird,Sarah Jane & Das,Saini & Ozler,Berk & Parisotto,Luca & Woldehanna,Tassew, 2024. "Social Protection and Youth," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10832, The World Bank.
  101. Dix-Carneiro, Rafael & Kovak, Brian K., 2023. "Globalization and Inequality in Latin America," IZA Discussion Papers 16363, IZA Network @ LISER.
  102. A Stefano Caria & Grant Gordon & Maximilian Kasy & Simon Quinn & Soha Osman Shami & Alexander Teytelboym, 2024. "An Adaptive Targeted Field Experiment: Job Search Assistance for Refugees in Jordan," Journal of the European Economic Association, European Economic Association, vol. 22(2), pages 781-836.
  103. Abdellatif Chatri & Khadija Hadef & Naima Samoudi, 2021. "Micro-econometric evaluation of subsidized employment in morocco: the case of the "Idmaj" program," Journal for Labour Market Research, Springer;Institute for Employment Research/ Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), vol. 55(1), pages 1-13, December.
  104. Sarzin, Zara Inga, 2025. "Advancing the Jobs Agenda : Toward Self-Reliance in Refugee Situations," Policy Research Working Paper Series 11246, The World Bank.
  105. Michael A. Clemens & Hannah M. Postel, 2018. "Deterring Emigration with Foreign Aid: An Overview of Evidence from Low‐Income Countries," Population and Development Review, The Population Council, Inc., vol. 44(4), pages 667-693, December.
  106. Pablo Blanchard & Matías Brum & Paula Carrasco & Cecilia Parada & Ivone Perazzo, 2023. "Employment effects of a social and labor inclusion program," Documentos de Trabajo (working papers) 23-02, Instituto de Economía - IECON.
  107. Lucia Svabova & Katarina Kramarova & Barbora Gabrikova, 2022. "Counterfactual Assessment of the Allowance for School-leaver Practice Performance as a Measure of Active Labour Market Policy in Slovakia," Journal of Economics / Ekonomicky casopis, Institute of Economic Research, Slovak Academy of Sciences, vol. 70(2), pages 99-123, February.
  108. Zakaria Mansouri & Jaouad Laamire & Mariem Liouaeddine, 2024. "Empirical Tests on Intermediation Programmes and Labour Market Accessibility in Morocco: A Comparative Study," The Indian Journal of Labour Economics, Springer;The Indian Society of Labour Economics (ISLE), vol. 67(4), pages 1073-1088, December.
  109. Zucchini, Emanuele & Sadania, Clémentine & Steiner, Susan & Rossi, Alessandro & Mabiso, Athur & Toguem, Robinson & Mastroeni, Andrea, 2026. "From Training to Self-Employment: Evidence from Youth Agricultural Programmes in Cameroon and Madagascar," IZA Discussion Papers 18713, IZA Network @ LISER.
  110. Das, Narayan, 2021. "Training the disadvantaged youth and labor market outcomes: Evidence from Bangladesh," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 149(C).
  111. Ravikumar, Aishwarya, 2026. "Under what institutional and incentive conditions do skill-development subsidies outperform direct wage support in improving long-term labour market outcomes in India?," SocArXiv db8fc_v1, Center for Open Science.
  112. Santiago Caicedo & Miguel Espinosa & Arthur Seibold, 2022. "Unwilling to Train?—Firm Responses to the Colombian Apprenticeship Regulation," Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 90(2), pages 507-550, March.
  113. Alicia Marguerie & Maddalena Honorati, 2021. "Youth Employment in Uzbekistan," World Bank Publications - Reports 36589, The World Bank Group.
  114. Abebe, Girum & Caria, Stefano & Fafchamps, Marcel & Falco, Paolo & Franklin, Simon & Quinn, Simon & Shilpi, Forhad, 2017. "Matching firms and workers in a field experiment in Ethiopia," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 86572, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
  115. Bussolo, Maurizio & Lee, Jean Nahrae & Mahmud, Mahreen & Sarma, Nayantara & Williams, Anaise, 2026. "Wage Subsidies to Promote Female Hiring: Evidence from Pakistan," Policy Research Working Paper Series 11317, The World Bank.
  116. Ulku,Hulya & Georgieva,Dorina Peteva, 2022. "Unemployment Benefits, Active Labor Market Policies, and Labor Market Outcomes : Evidence from New Global Data," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10027, The World Bank.
  117. Bruno Crépon & Patrick Premand, 2025. "Direct and Indirect Effects of Subsidized Dual Apprenticeships," The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd, vol. 92(5), pages 2979-3028.
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  119. Banerjee, Abhijit & Sequeira, Sandra, 2023. "Learning by searching: Spatial mismatches and imperfect information in Southern labor markets," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 164(C).
  120. Doerr, Annabelle & Novella, Rafael, 2024. "The long-term effects of job training on labor market and skills outcomes in Chile," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 91(C).
  121. Raymond Robertson, 2018. "Effects of regulating international trade on firms and workers," World of Labour, LISER, pages 439-439, June.
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  123. Norder, Kurt & Emich, Kyle & Kanar, Adam & Sawhney, Aman & Behrend, Tara S., 2022. "A house divided: A multilevel bibliometric review of the job search literature 1973–2020," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 151(C), pages 100-117.
  124. M. Antonella Mancino & Leonardo Fabio Morales & Diego F. Salazar, 2023. "Signaling Worker Quality in a Developing Country: Lessons from a Certification Program," Borradores de Economia 1259, Banco de la Republica de Colombia.
  125. Chiara Natalie Focacci, 2020. "“You reap what you sow”: Do active labour market policies always increase job security? Evidence from the Youth Guarantee," European Journal of Law and Economics, Springer, vol. 49(3), pages 373-429, June.
  126. Maria Laura Alzúa & Soyolmaa Batbekh & Altantsetseg Batchuluun & Bayarmaa Dalkhjav & José Galdo, 2021. "Demand-Driven Youth Training Programs: Experimental Evidence from Mongolia," The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank, vol. 35(3), pages 720-744.
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