Gender Differences in the Effects of Vocational Training : Constraints on Women and Drop-out Behavior

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 program...

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Main Authors:	Cho, Yoonyoung, Kalomba, Davie, Mobarak, Ahmed Mushfiq, Orozco, Victor
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ACCESS TO SCHOOLING ACCOUNTING ADULTS APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING ATTRITION BARGAINING CAPITAL INVESTMENT CHILDBIRTH CLASSROOM CONDOM CONDOM USE CRAFTSMEN CURRICULA DEPENDENT CHILDREN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DROP-OUTS DROPOUT DROPOUT RATES ECONOMICS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES ENTREPRENEURSHIP TRAINING EXCESS FERTILITY FAMILY RESPONSIBILITY FAMILY SUPPORT FEMALE PARTICIPANTS FEMALE PARTICIPATION FEMALE YOUTH FORMAL EDUCATION GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDER DIFFERENTIALS GENERAL EDUCATION GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM GIRLS HIGH DROP-OUT RATES HIGH SCHOOL HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SIZE HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ILLNESS INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION JOB OPPORTUNITIES JOB TRAINING LABOR ECONOMICS LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET POLICY LABOUR LABOUR MARKET LITERACY LOW LEVELS OF EDUCATION MIGRATION MUSLIM WOMEN NATIONAL AIDS NATIONAL AIDS COMMISSION NUMBER OF ADULTS NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUTRITION OCCUPATIONS ORPHANS POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POOR GIRLS PRIMARY SCHOOL PRODUCTIVITY PROGRESS RISKY SEXUAL BEHAVIOR RURAL AREAS SCHOOL CURRICULA SCHOOL DROPOUTS SECONDARY SCHOOL SELF-ASSESSMENT SELF-ESTEEM SEXUAL PARTNER SEXUALLY ACTIVE SKILL ACQUISITION SKILL DEVELOPMENT SKILLS ACQUISITION SKILLS DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL POLICY SOCIAL PROGRAMS TECHNICAL EDUCATION TECHNICAL SKILLS TRAINEES TRAINING PROGRAMS TRANSPORTATION UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT DURATION URBAN AREAS VOCATIONAL EDUCATION VOCATIONAL TRAINING VULNERABILITY WAGES WORKFORCE YOUNG AGE YOUNG PEOPLE YOUNG WOMEN YOUNG WORKERS YOUTH YOUTH EMPLOYMENT
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Gender Differences in the Effects of Vocational Training : Constraints on Women and Drop-out Behavior

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