Coding Bootcamps for Female Digital Employment : Evidence from an RCT in Argentina and Colombia

This paper evaluates the short-term causal effects of a high-quality, intensive, part-time computer coding bootcamp for women on skill acquisition and employment outcomes. Spots were offered in an oversubscribed coding course to a random subset of...

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Main Authors:	Aramburu, Julian, Goicoechea, Ana, Mobarak, Ahmed Mushfiq
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
Subjects:	EMPLOYMENT STEM TECHNOLOGY COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION GENDER SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/670761624977598623/Coding-Bootcamps-for-Female-Digital-Employment-Evidence-from-an-RCT-in-Argentina-and-Colombia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35892

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spelling	okr-10986-358922021-07-02T05:11:00Z Coding Bootcamps for Female Digital Employment : Evidence from an RCT in Argentina and Colombia Aramburu, Julian Goicoechea, Ana Mobarak, Ahmed Mushfiq EMPLOYMENT STEM TECHNOLOGY COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION GENDER SKILLS DEVELOPMENT This paper evaluates the short-term causal effects of a high-quality, intensive, part-time computer coding bootcamp for women on skill acquisition and employment outcomes. Spots were offered in an oversubscribed coding course to a random subset of applicants in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Bogotá, Colombia. The applicants who were chosen received a scholarship that covered most of the tuition costs of the course. Follow-up data collected shortly after the bootcamp ended indicate that the program increased participants’ coding skills, as well as their probability of finding a job in technology. Compared with other jobs, technology jobs are more likely to offer flexible hours and work-from-home arrangements, and generate higher job satisfaction. These results are interpreted as an improvement in overall job quality. Moreover, the paper compares the employment situation of the sample before and during the first months of the COVID-19 outbreak. The evidence indicates that the program increased participants’ resilience to a downturn in the labor market. 2021-07-01T15:00:02Z 2021-07-01T15:00:02Z 2021-06 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/670761624977598623/Coding-Bootcamps-for-Female-Digital-Employment-Evidence-from-an-RCT-in-Argentina-and-Colombia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35892 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9721 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 Argentina Colombia
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spellingShingle	EMPLOYMENT STEM TECHNOLOGY COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION GENDER SKILLS DEVELOPMENT Aramburu, Julian Goicoechea, Ana Mobarak, Ahmed Mushfiq Coding Bootcamps for Female Digital Employment : Evidence from an RCT in Argentina and Colombia
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description	This paper evaluates the short-term causal effects of a high-quality, intensive, part-time computer coding bootcamp for women on skill acquisition and employment outcomes. Spots were offered in an oversubscribed coding course to a random subset of applicants in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Bogotá, Colombia. The applicants who were chosen received a scholarship that covered most of the tuition costs of the course. Follow-up data collected shortly after the bootcamp ended indicate that the program increased participants’ coding skills, as well as their probability of finding a job in technology. Compared with other jobs, technology jobs are more likely to offer flexible hours and work-from-home arrangements, and generate higher job satisfaction. These results are interpreted as an improvement in overall job quality. Moreover, the paper compares the employment situation of the sample before and during the first months of the COVID-19 outbreak. The evidence indicates that the program increased participants’ resilience to a downturn in the labor market.
format	Working Paper
author	Aramburu, Julian Goicoechea, Ana Mobarak, Ahmed Mushfiq
author_facet	Aramburu, Julian Goicoechea, Ana Mobarak, Ahmed Mushfiq
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title	Coding Bootcamps for Female Digital Employment : Evidence from an RCT in Argentina and Colombia
title_short	Coding Bootcamps for Female Digital Employment : Evidence from an RCT in Argentina and Colombia
title_full	Coding Bootcamps for Female Digital Employment : Evidence from an RCT in Argentina and Colombia
title_fullStr	Coding Bootcamps for Female Digital Employment : Evidence from an RCT in Argentina and Colombia
title_full_unstemmed	Coding Bootcamps for Female Digital Employment : Evidence from an RCT in Argentina and Colombia
title_sort	coding bootcamps for female digital employment : evidence from an rct in argentina and colombia
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2021
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/670761624977598623/Coding-Bootcamps-for-Female-Digital-Employment-Evidence-from-an-RCT-in-Argentina-and-Colombia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35892
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Coding Bootcamps for Female Digital Employment : Evidence from an RCT in Argentina and Colombia

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