The Role of Training Programs for Youth Employment in Nepal : Impact Evaluation Report on the Employment Fund

The Role of Training Programs for Youth Employment in Nepal : Impact Evaluation Report on the Employment Fund

The youth unemployment rate is exceptionally high in developing countries. Because the quality of education is arguably one of the most important determinants of youth's labor force participation, governments worldwide have responded by creati...

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Main Authors:	Chakravarty, Shubha, Lundberg, Mattias, Nikolov, Plamen, Zenker, Juliane
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:	SKILLS CIVIL CONFLICT HOUSEHOLD SIZE SOCIAL NORMS SEXUALLY ACTIVE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH ECONOMIC GROWTH FORMAL EDUCATION CONTRACEPTION REGULAR ATTENDANCE ABUSE ENROLLMENT EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES SKILLS DEVELOPMENT GROUPS ETHNIC GROUPS LABOR FORCE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES FEMALE PARTICIPANTS DISCRIMINATION LIFE SKILLS DROPOUT CAPACITY BUILDING POLICY DISCUSSIONS TECHNICAL SKILLS SELF-CONFIDENCE TRAINING PROGRAMS SPONSORS VULNERABILITY EXAMS INTERNATIONAL LABOR ORGANIZATION PUBLIC HEALTH LITERACY KNOWLEDGE TECHNICAL TRAINING LABOR MARKET COMPLETION RATES LIVELIHOOD SKILLS QUALITY OF EDUCATION TRAINING JOB OPPORTUNITIES EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT MIGRATION HOUSEHOLD INCOME VOCATIONAL EDUCATION LEARNING MARRIAGE JOB TRAINING EX-COMBATANTS SERVICE DELIVERY REASONING MIGRANTS HOUSEHOLD ASSETS RADIO SELF- CONFIDENCE FERTILITY PREFERENCES PROGRESS UNEMPLOYMENT HOUSEHOLD LEVEL CHILDBIRTH HUMAN CAPITAL YOUNG MEN VOCATIONAL TRAINING DROPOUT RATES FOOD SECURITY SKILLS TRAINING POLICIES SCIENCE HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY SUBSTANCE ABUSE GENDER DIFFERENCES ADOLESCENT GIRLS VALUES HIV ECONOMIC RESOURCES PARTICIPATION POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER ECONOMIC STATUS PENSIONS INCOME-GENERATING ACTIVITIES POLICY MAKERS VULNERABLE GROUPS MINISTRY OF EDUCATION LABOUR MARKET SOCIAL SCIENCE MANDATES YOUTH DISADVANTAGED GROUPS POPULATIONS WORKSHOPS POLICY CURRICULUM OLDER WOMEN PILOT PROJECTS SEX FOOD INSECURITY FEMALE STUDENTS MINORITY CHILDREN LEVEL OF EDUCATION EDUCATION PHYSICAL HEALTH EARLY INTERVENTION INVESTMENT TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES NUMBER OF CHILDREN OUTREACH ACTIVITIES YOUNG WOMEN MEAT INDIGENOUS PEOPLES CONTROL OVER RESOURCES POLICY IMPLICATIONS YOUNG PEOPLE POPULATION MARITAL STATUS GIRLS STUDENTS PRACTITIONERS LEADERSHIP TECHNICAL EDUCATION INTERVENTIONS POLICY RESEARCH GENDER DISCRIMINATION FERTILITY WOMEN REMITTANCES CLASSROOM IMPORTANT POLICY PREGNANCY BOTH SEXES GENDER EQUALITY TRAINING SERVICES SERVICE PROVIDERS DEVELOPMENT POLICY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/04/26286952/role-training-programs-youth-employment-nepal-impact-evaluation-report-employment-fund http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24232

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Summary:	The youth unemployment rate is exceptionally high in developing countries. Because the quality of education is arguably one of the most important determinants of youth's labor force participation, governments worldwide have responded by creating job training and placement services programs. Despite the rapid expansion of skill-enhancement employment programs across the world and the long history of training program evaluations, debates about the causal impact of training-based labor market policies on employment outcomes still persist. Using a quasi-experimental approach, this report presents the short-run effects of skills training and employment placement services in Nepal. Launched in 2009, the intervention provided skills training and employment placement services for more than 40,000 Nepalese youth over a three-year period, including a specialized adolescent girls' initiative that reached 4,410 women ages 16 to 24. The report finds that after three years of the program, the Employment Fund intervention positively improved employment outcomes. Participation in the Employment Fund training program generated an increase in non-farm employment of 15 to 16 percentage points for an overall gain of about 50 percent. The program also generated an average monthly earnings gain of about 72 percent. The report finds significantly larger employment impacts for women than for men, but younger women ages 16 to 24 experienced the same improvements as older females. These employment estimates are comparable, although somewhat higher, than other recent experimental interventions in developing countries.