Breaking Gender Barriers : Vocational Training Vouchers and Kenyan Youth
Youth account for approximately 60 percent of the unemployed population in Sub-Saharan Africa. Seventy two percent of adolescents in the region live below the $2/day poverty line. Vocational education has been identified as a promising avenue for y...
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okr-10986-255252021-04-23T14:04:31Z Breaking Gender Barriers : Vocational Training Vouchers and Kenyan Youth Hicks, Joan Hamory Kremer, Michael Mbiti, Isaac Miguel, Edward ADOLESCENTS ADULTS COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT CORE COURSES COURSE CHOICE DEMAND FOR EDUCATION DISTANCE TO SCHOOL EDUCATION INVESTMENT EDUCATION LEVEL EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL ENROLLMENT EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES ENROLLMENT FEMALE PARTICIPATION FUTURE RESEARCH HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN CAPITAL FORMATION INTERVENTIONS PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS PRIVATE SCHOOLS PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS PUBLIC TRAINING QUALITY OF EDUCATION RETENTION RATES RETURNS TO EDUCATION RURAL AREAS SCHOOLING SHORT COURSES SKILLS FOR EMPLOYMENT VOCATIONAL EDUCATION VOCATIONAL TRAINING VOUCHERS YOUTH GENDER INNOVATION LAB AFRICA GENDER POLICY WOMEN AND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT Youth account for approximately 60 percent of the unemployed population in Sub-Saharan Africa. Seventy two percent of adolescents in the region live below the $2/day poverty line. Vocational education has been identified as a promising avenue for young adults to acquire and develop marketable skills for employment. The Technical and Vocational Vouchers Program (TVVP) was launched in an attempt to fill key knowledge gaps in Kenya. The evidence suggests that: i) by nudging women to acquire training in lucrative male dominated trades; the information intervention may boost the earnings potential for women in vocational training. Additionally, ii) among those employed at the time of survey, students with vocational training were more generously compensated, with females enjoying the greatest financial returns amongst voucher recipients. 2016-11-30T21:33:30Z 2016-11-30T21:33:30Z 2011-09 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/657811468088157439/Breaking-gender-barriers-vocational-training-vouchers-and-Kenyan-youth http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25525 English en_US Africa Region Gender Practice Policy Brief;No. 3 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief Africa Kenya |
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ADOLESCENTS ADULTS COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT CORE COURSES COURSE CHOICE DEMAND FOR EDUCATION DISTANCE TO SCHOOL EDUCATION INVESTMENT EDUCATION LEVEL EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL ENROLLMENT EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES ENROLLMENT FEMALE PARTICIPATION FUTURE RESEARCH HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN CAPITAL FORMATION INTERVENTIONS PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS PRIVATE SCHOOLS PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS PUBLIC TRAINING QUALITY OF EDUCATION RETENTION RATES RETURNS TO EDUCATION RURAL AREAS SCHOOLING SHORT COURSES SKILLS FOR EMPLOYMENT VOCATIONAL EDUCATION VOCATIONAL TRAINING VOUCHERS YOUTH GENDER INNOVATION LAB AFRICA GENDER POLICY WOMEN AND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT |
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ADOLESCENTS ADULTS COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT CORE COURSES COURSE CHOICE DEMAND FOR EDUCATION DISTANCE TO SCHOOL EDUCATION INVESTMENT EDUCATION LEVEL EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL ENROLLMENT EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES ENROLLMENT FEMALE PARTICIPATION FUTURE RESEARCH HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN CAPITAL FORMATION INTERVENTIONS PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS PRIVATE SCHOOLS PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS PUBLIC TRAINING QUALITY OF EDUCATION RETENTION RATES RETURNS TO EDUCATION RURAL AREAS SCHOOLING SHORT COURSES SKILLS FOR EMPLOYMENT VOCATIONAL EDUCATION VOCATIONAL TRAINING VOUCHERS YOUTH GENDER INNOVATION LAB AFRICA GENDER POLICY WOMEN AND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT Hicks, Joan Hamory Kremer, Michael Mbiti, Isaac Miguel, Edward Breaking Gender Barriers : Vocational Training Vouchers and Kenyan Youth |
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Youth account for approximately 60
percent of the unemployed population in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Seventy two percent of adolescents in the region live below
the $2/day poverty line. Vocational education has been
identified as a promising avenue for young adults to acquire
and develop marketable skills for employment. The Technical
and Vocational Vouchers Program (TVVP) was launched in an
attempt to fill key knowledge gaps in Kenya. The evidence
suggests that: i) by nudging women to acquire training in
lucrative male dominated trades; the information
intervention may boost the earnings potential for women in
vocational training. Additionally, ii) among those employed
at the time of survey, students with vocational training
were more generously compensated, with females enjoying the
greatest financial returns amongst voucher recipients. |
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Brief |
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Hicks, Joan Hamory Kremer, Michael Mbiti, Isaac Miguel, Edward |
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Hicks, Joan Hamory Kremer, Michael Mbiti, Isaac Miguel, Edward |
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Hicks, Joan Hamory |
| title |
Breaking Gender Barriers : Vocational Training Vouchers and Kenyan Youth |
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Breaking Gender Barriers : Vocational Training Vouchers and Kenyan Youth |
| title_full |
Breaking Gender Barriers : Vocational Training Vouchers and Kenyan Youth |
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Breaking Gender Barriers : Vocational Training Vouchers and Kenyan Youth |
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Breaking Gender Barriers : Vocational Training Vouchers and Kenyan Youth |
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breaking gender barriers : vocational training vouchers and kenyan youth |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2016 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/657811468088157439/Breaking-gender-barriers-vocational-training-vouchers-and-Kenyan-youth http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25525 |
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