Can Business Input Improve the Effectiveness of Worker Training? : Evidence from Brazil's Pronatec-MDIC

This study evaluates the employment effects of a publicly-run national technical vocational education training program in Brazil that explicitly takes input from firms in determining the location, scale, and skill content of courses offered. Using...

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Main Authors:	O'Connell, Stephen D., Mation, Lucas Ferreira, Bevilaqua T. Basto, Joao, Dutz, Mark A.
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT WORKFORCE TRAINING VOCATIONAL EDUCATION TECHNICAL TRAINING VOCATIONAL TRAINING BUSINESS SERVICES LABOR DEMAND UNEMPLOYMENT
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/444871501522977352/Can-business-input-improve-the-effectiveness-of-worker-training-evidence-from-Brazils-Pronatec-MDIC http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27961

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spelling	okr-10986-279612021-06-08T14:42:48Z Can Business Input Improve the Effectiveness of Worker Training? : Evidence from Brazil's Pronatec-MDIC O'Connell, Stephen D. Mation, Lucas Ferreira Bevilaqua T. Basto, Joao Dutz, Mark A. WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT WORKFORCE TRAINING VOCATIONAL EDUCATION TECHNICAL TRAINING VOCATIONAL TRAINING BUSINESS SERVICES LABOR DEMAND UNEMPLOYMENT This study evaluates the employment effects of a publicly-run national technical vocational education training program in Brazil that explicitly takes input from firms in determining the location, scale, and skill content of courses offered. Using exogenous course capacity restrictions, the study finds that those completing the course following receipt of a course offer have an 8.6 percent increase in employment over the year following course completion. These effects come from previously unemployed trainees who find employment at non-requesting firms. The demand-driven program's effects are larger and statistically distinguishable from those of a broader and institutionally-similar publicly-administered skills training program run at the same time that did not take input from firms. The study finds that the demand-driven program better aligned skill training with future aggregate occupational employment growth -- suggesting the input from firms captured meaningful information about growth in skill demand. Courses offered in occupations that grew more over the year following requests exhibited larger employment effects, explaining the effectiveness of the demand-driven model. 2017-08-24T20:25:01Z 2017-08-24T20:25:01Z 2017-07 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/444871501522977352/Can-business-input-improve-the-effectiveness-of-worker-training-evidence-from-Brazils-Pronatec-MDIC http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27961 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8155 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Latin America & Caribbean Brazil
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spellingShingle	WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT WORKFORCE TRAINING VOCATIONAL EDUCATION TECHNICAL TRAINING VOCATIONAL TRAINING BUSINESS SERVICES LABOR DEMAND UNEMPLOYMENT O'Connell, Stephen D. Mation, Lucas Ferreira Bevilaqua T. Basto, Joao Dutz, Mark A. Can Business Input Improve the Effectiveness of Worker Training? : Evidence from Brazil's Pronatec-MDIC
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description	This study evaluates the employment effects of a publicly-run national technical vocational education training program in Brazil that explicitly takes input from firms in determining the location, scale, and skill content of courses offered. Using exogenous course capacity restrictions, the study finds that those completing the course following receipt of a course offer have an 8.6 percent increase in employment over the year following course completion. These effects come from previously unemployed trainees who find employment at non-requesting firms. The demand-driven program's effects are larger and statistically distinguishable from those of a broader and institutionally-similar publicly-administered skills training program run at the same time that did not take input from firms. The study finds that the demand-driven program better aligned skill training with future aggregate occupational employment growth -- suggesting the input from firms captured meaningful information about growth in skill demand. Courses offered in occupations that grew more over the year following requests exhibited larger employment effects, explaining the effectiveness of the demand-driven model.
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author	O'Connell, Stephen D. Mation, Lucas Ferreira Bevilaqua T. Basto, Joao Dutz, Mark A.
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title	Can Business Input Improve the Effectiveness of Worker Training? : Evidence from Brazil's Pronatec-MDIC
title_short	Can Business Input Improve the Effectiveness of Worker Training? : Evidence from Brazil's Pronatec-MDIC
title_full	Can Business Input Improve the Effectiveness of Worker Training? : Evidence from Brazil's Pronatec-MDIC
title_fullStr	Can Business Input Improve the Effectiveness of Worker Training? : Evidence from Brazil's Pronatec-MDIC
title_full_unstemmed	Can Business Input Improve the Effectiveness of Worker Training? : Evidence from Brazil's Pronatec-MDIC
title_sort	can business input improve the effectiveness of worker training? : evidence from brazil's pronatec-mdic
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2017
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/444871501522977352/Can-business-input-improve-the-effectiveness-of-worker-training-evidence-from-Brazils-Pronatec-MDIC http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27961
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Can Business Input Improve the Effectiveness of Worker Training? : Evidence from Brazil's Pronatec-MDIC

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