The Demand for, and Impact of, Youth Internships : Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Yemen
This paper evaluates a youth internship program in the Republic of Yemen that provided firms with a 50 percent subsidy to hire recent graduates of universities and vocational schools. The first round of the program took place in 2014 and required b...
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okr-10986-228882021-04-23T14:04:11Z The Demand for, and Impact of, Youth Internships : Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Yemen McKenzie, David Assaf, Nabila Cusolito, Ana Paula SKILLS JOBS EMPLOYMENT INTERNS UNEMPLOYMENT RATES COLLEGE ACCOUNTING LABOR PROGRAMS YOUTH EMPLOYMENT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SEARCH INCOME UNIVERSITY GRADUATES EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES SKILLS DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION JOB EFFECTS PAPERS LABOR ECONOMICS TECHNICAL SKILLS EMPLOYMENT RATES EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS TRAINING PROGRAMS BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS PILOT PROJECT ASSOCIATIONS TRAINING COURSE EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES COMPUTER OPEN ACCESS TELEVISION WORK EXPERIENCE COMMUNICATIONS INSTITUTIONS HUMAN RESOURCE LABOR MARKET VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS MATHEMATICS TRAINING DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS ON-THE-JOB TRAINING DISPLACEMENT LICENSE ATTRITION MARKETING ORGANIZATIONS LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES JOB EXPERIENCE LEARNING GRADUATES PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH JOB TRAINING LABOR UNIVERSITY EDUCATION MANAGEMENT SKILLS TEACHING RADIO FINANCE GRANTS MANUFACTURING PHONE UNEMPLOYMENT TECHNOLOGY BASIC SKILLS TRAINING PDF VOCATIONAL TRAINING WORKERS SKILLS TRAINING CONTACT INFORMATION SCIENCE SOFTWARE EMPLOYMENT OUTCOME RESULTS SCHOOLS VALUE ELECTRICITY WAGE SUBSIDIES LABOR MARKET PROGRAM DISADVANTAGED YOUTH LITERATURE LABOR RELATIONS PRIVATE SECTOR EARNING WORKSHOPS INTERNSHIPS ECONOMICS MANAGEMENT ADMINISTRATION RESULT SECURITY BUSINESSES BUSINESS DEMAND FOR ENGINEERS VOCATIONAL SCHOOL SUPPLY MARKET DEMAND YOUTH TRAINING COLLEGE GRADUATES UNIVERSITY FINDING JOBS JOB SKILLS YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT ENTREPRENEURSHIP OUTCOMES EMPLOYMENT IMPACTS SAFETY SCHOOL WAGE EMPLOYMENT PRICES UNIVERSITIES HUMAN DEVELOPMENT This paper evaluates a youth internship program in the Republic of Yemen that provided firms with a 50 percent subsidy to hire recent graduates of universities and vocational schools. The first round of the program took place in 2014 and required both firms and youth to apply for the program. The paper examines the demand for such a program, and finds that in the context of an economy facing substantial political and economic uncertainty, it appears there is an oversupply of graduates in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, and a relative undersupply of graduates in marketing and business. Conditional on the types of graduates firms were looking to hire as interns, applicants were then randomly chosen for the program. Receiving an internship resulted in an almost doubling of work experience in 2014, and a 73 percent increase in income during this period compared with the control group. A short-term follow-up survey conducted just as civil conflict was breaking out shows that internship recipients had better employment outcomes than the control group in the first five months after the program ended. 2015-11-05T20:00:09Z 2015-11-05T20:00:09Z 2015-10 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/10/25225128/demand-impact-youth-internships-evidence-randomized-experiment-yemen http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22888 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7463 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Middle East and North Africa Yemen, Republic of |
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SKILLS JOBS EMPLOYMENT INTERNS UNEMPLOYMENT RATES COLLEGE ACCOUNTING LABOR PROGRAMS YOUTH EMPLOYMENT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SEARCH INCOME UNIVERSITY GRADUATES EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES SKILLS DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION JOB EFFECTS PAPERS LABOR ECONOMICS TECHNICAL SKILLS EMPLOYMENT RATES EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS TRAINING PROGRAMS BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS PILOT PROJECT ASSOCIATIONS TRAINING COURSE EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES COMPUTER OPEN ACCESS TELEVISION WORK EXPERIENCE COMMUNICATIONS INSTITUTIONS HUMAN RESOURCE LABOR MARKET VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS MATHEMATICS TRAINING DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS ON-THE-JOB TRAINING DISPLACEMENT LICENSE ATTRITION MARKETING ORGANIZATIONS LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES JOB EXPERIENCE LEARNING GRADUATES PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH JOB TRAINING LABOR UNIVERSITY EDUCATION MANAGEMENT SKILLS TEACHING RADIO FINANCE GRANTS MANUFACTURING PHONE UNEMPLOYMENT TECHNOLOGY BASIC SKILLS TRAINING VOCATIONAL TRAINING WORKERS SKILLS TRAINING CONTACT INFORMATION SCIENCE SOFTWARE EMPLOYMENT OUTCOME RESULTS SCHOOLS VALUE ELECTRICITY WAGE SUBSIDIES LABOR MARKET PROGRAM DISADVANTAGED YOUTH LITERATURE LABOR RELATIONS PRIVATE SECTOR EARNING WORKSHOPS INTERNSHIPS ECONOMICS MANAGEMENT ADMINISTRATION RESULT SECURITY BUSINESSES BUSINESS DEMAND FOR ENGINEERS VOCATIONAL SCHOOL SUPPLY MARKET DEMAND YOUTH TRAINING COLLEGE GRADUATES UNIVERSITY FINDING JOBS JOB SKILLS YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT ENTREPRENEURSHIP OUTCOMES EMPLOYMENT IMPACTS SAFETY SCHOOL WAGE EMPLOYMENT PRICES UNIVERSITIES HUMAN DEVELOPMENT |
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SKILLS JOBS EMPLOYMENT INTERNS UNEMPLOYMENT RATES COLLEGE ACCOUNTING LABOR PROGRAMS YOUTH EMPLOYMENT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SEARCH INCOME UNIVERSITY GRADUATES EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES SKILLS DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION JOB EFFECTS PAPERS LABOR ECONOMICS TECHNICAL SKILLS EMPLOYMENT RATES EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS TRAINING PROGRAMS BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS PILOT PROJECT ASSOCIATIONS TRAINING COURSE EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES COMPUTER OPEN ACCESS TELEVISION WORK EXPERIENCE COMMUNICATIONS INSTITUTIONS HUMAN RESOURCE LABOR MARKET VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS MATHEMATICS TRAINING DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS ON-THE-JOB TRAINING DISPLACEMENT LICENSE ATTRITION MARKETING ORGANIZATIONS LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES JOB EXPERIENCE LEARNING GRADUATES PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH JOB TRAINING LABOR UNIVERSITY EDUCATION MANAGEMENT SKILLS TEACHING RADIO FINANCE GRANTS MANUFACTURING PHONE UNEMPLOYMENT TECHNOLOGY BASIC SKILLS TRAINING VOCATIONAL TRAINING WORKERS SKILLS TRAINING CONTACT INFORMATION SCIENCE SOFTWARE EMPLOYMENT OUTCOME RESULTS SCHOOLS VALUE ELECTRICITY WAGE SUBSIDIES LABOR MARKET PROGRAM DISADVANTAGED YOUTH LITERATURE LABOR RELATIONS PRIVATE SECTOR EARNING WORKSHOPS INTERNSHIPS ECONOMICS MANAGEMENT ADMINISTRATION RESULT SECURITY BUSINESSES BUSINESS DEMAND FOR ENGINEERS VOCATIONAL SCHOOL SUPPLY MARKET DEMAND YOUTH TRAINING COLLEGE GRADUATES UNIVERSITY FINDING JOBS JOB SKILLS YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT ENTREPRENEURSHIP OUTCOMES EMPLOYMENT IMPACTS SAFETY SCHOOL WAGE EMPLOYMENT PRICES UNIVERSITIES HUMAN DEVELOPMENT McKenzie, David Assaf, Nabila Cusolito, Ana Paula The Demand for, and Impact of, Youth Internships : Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Yemen |
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This paper evaluates a youth internship
program in the Republic of Yemen that provided firms with a
50 percent subsidy to hire recent graduates of universities
and vocational schools. The first round of the program took
place in 2014 and required both firms and youth to apply for
the program. The paper examines the demand for such a
program, and finds that in the context of an economy facing
substantial political and economic uncertainty, it appears
there is an oversupply of graduates in science, technology,
engineering, and mathematics, and a relative undersupply of
graduates in marketing and business. Conditional on the
types of graduates firms were looking to hire as interns,
applicants were then randomly chosen for the program.
Receiving an internship resulted in an almost doubling of
work experience in 2014, and a 73 percent increase in income
during this period compared with the control group. A
short-term follow-up survey conducted just as civil conflict
was breaking out shows that internship recipients had better
employment outcomes than the control group in the first five
months after the program ended. |
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Working Paper |
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McKenzie, David Assaf, Nabila Cusolito, Ana Paula |
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McKenzie, David Assaf, Nabila Cusolito, Ana Paula |
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McKenzie, David |
| title |
The Demand for, and Impact of, Youth Internships : Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Yemen |
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The Demand for, and Impact of, Youth Internships : Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Yemen |
| title_full |
The Demand for, and Impact of, Youth Internships : Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Yemen |
| title_fullStr |
The Demand for, and Impact of, Youth Internships : Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Yemen |
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The Demand for, and Impact of, Youth Internships : Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Yemen |
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demand for, and impact of, youth internships : evidence from a randomized experiment in yemen |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2015 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/10/25225128/demand-impact-youth-internships-evidence-randomized-experiment-yemen http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22888 |
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