The Apprenticeship-to-Work Transition : Experimental Evidence from Ghana

The Apprenticeship-to-Work Transition : Experimental Evidence from Ghana

This paper examines the effects of a government-sponsored apprenticeship training program designed to address high levels of youth unemployment in Ghana. The study exploits randomized access to the program to examine the short-run effects of appren...

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Main Authors: Hardy, Morgan, Mbiti, Isaac, McCasland, Jamie, Salcher, Isabelle
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
Subjects:
APPRENTICESHIP
ON-THE-JOB TRAINING
YOUTH LABOR MARKET
YOUTH EMPLOYMENT
LABOR SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
VOCATIONAL TRAINING
SELF EMPLOYMENT
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/835751557408824890/The-Apprenticeship-to-Work-Transition-Experimental-Evidence-from-Ghana
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spelling okr-10986-316762022-09-20T00:14:05Z The Apprenticeship-to-Work Transition : Experimental Evidence from Ghana Hardy, Morgan Mbiti, Isaac McCasland, Jamie Salcher, Isabelle APPRENTICESHIP ON-THE-JOB TRAINING YOUTH LABOR MARKET YOUTH EMPLOYMENT LABOR SKILLS DEVELOPMENT VOCATIONAL TRAINING SELF EMPLOYMENT This paper examines the effects of a government-sponsored apprenticeship training program designed to address high levels of youth unemployment in Ghana. The study exploits randomized access to the program to examine the short-run effects of apprenticeship training on labor market outcomes. The results show that apprenticeships shift youth out of wage work and into self-employment. However, the loss of wage income is not offset by increases in self-employment profits in the short run. In addition, the study uses the randomized match between apprentices and training providers to examine the causal effect of characteristics of trainers on outcomes for apprentices. Participants who trained with the most experienced trainers or the most profitable ones had higher earnings. These increases more than offset the program's negative treatment effect on earnings. This suggests that training programs can be made more effective through better recruitment of trainers. 2019-05-10T15:35:38Z 2019-05-10T15:35:38Z 2019-05 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/835751557408824890/The-Apprenticeship-to-Work-Transition-Experimental-Evidence-from-Ghana http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31676 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8851 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 Africa Ghana
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topic APPRENTICESHIP
ON-THE-JOB TRAINING
YOUTH LABOR MARKET
YOUTH EMPLOYMENT
LABOR SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
VOCATIONAL TRAINING
SELF EMPLOYMENT
spellingShingle APPRENTICESHIP
ON-THE-JOB TRAINING
YOUTH LABOR MARKET
YOUTH EMPLOYMENT
LABOR SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
VOCATIONAL TRAINING
SELF EMPLOYMENT
Hardy, Morgan
Mbiti, Isaac
McCasland, Jamie
Salcher, Isabelle
The Apprenticeship-to-Work Transition : Experimental Evidence from Ghana
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relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8851
description This paper examines the effects of a government-sponsored apprenticeship training program designed to address high levels of youth unemployment in Ghana. The study exploits randomized access to the program to examine the short-run effects of apprenticeship training on labor market outcomes. The results show that apprenticeships shift youth out of wage work and into self-employment. However, the loss of wage income is not offset by increases in self-employment profits in the short run. In addition, the study uses the randomized match between apprentices and training providers to examine the causal effect of characteristics of trainers on outcomes for apprentices. Participants who trained with the most experienced trainers or the most profitable ones had higher earnings. These increases more than offset the program's negative treatment effect on earnings. This suggests that training programs can be made more effective through better recruitment of trainers.
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author Hardy, Morgan
Mbiti, Isaac
McCasland, Jamie
Salcher, Isabelle
author_facet Hardy, Morgan
Mbiti, Isaac
McCasland, Jamie
Salcher, Isabelle
author_sort Hardy, Morgan
title The Apprenticeship-to-Work Transition : Experimental Evidence from Ghana
title_short The Apprenticeship-to-Work Transition : Experimental Evidence from Ghana
title_full The Apprenticeship-to-Work Transition : Experimental Evidence from Ghana
title_fullStr The Apprenticeship-to-Work Transition : Experimental Evidence from Ghana
title_full_unstemmed The Apprenticeship-to-Work Transition : Experimental Evidence from Ghana
title_sort apprenticeship-to-work transition : experimental evidence from ghana
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2019
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/835751557408824890/The-Apprenticeship-to-Work-Transition-Experimental-Evidence-from-Ghana
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