Turkey : Evaluating the Impact of Iskur's Vocational Training Programs

Turkey's economic performance during the 2000s is a global success story; high-income status is now within reach but this will require creating more and better jobs. Upgrading the skills of the current labor force is crucial for creating more and better jobs. The Turkish Employment Agency (ISKUR) plays a leading role in upgrading the skills of jobseekers and facilitating their access to productive employment by providing vocational training and other employment support services. The increasing importance of ISKUR vocational training prompted the government to commission the present study to evaluate its impact and to identify ways to enhance it. The study evaluates the main type of ISKUR's vocational training courses at a particular point in time, and thus it does not take into account recent reforms. The study evaluates a representative sample of general vocational training courses, which account for about two thirds of ISKUR vocational trainees (the other one-third mostly take courses on demand by employers) that took place between December 2010 and June 2011. The evaluation has an experimental design, exploiting the excess demand for ISKUR vocational training courses to randomly assign eligible training applicants into those who receive training (treatment group) and those who do not (control group). The study makes use of the findings from this evaluation, complemented by evidence from other countries, to suggest a number of policy options to further strengthen the impact of ISKUR training and services. In this context, this report is structured as follows: section one gives the context: jobs, skills upgrading, and ISKUR; section two presents evaluation of ISKUR training programs: design, data, and methods; section three presents evaluation of ISKUR training programs: results; and section four gives strengthening the impact of ISKUR training and services.

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Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	2013-08
Subjects:	ACCREDITATION, ACHIEVEMENTS, ACTIVE LABOR, ACTIVE LABOR MARKET, ACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAM, ACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS, ACTIVE LABOUR, ACTIVE LABOUR MARKET, ACTIVE LABOUR MARKET POLICY, AGE GROUP, AGE GROUPS, AGGREGATE EMPLOYMENT, AVERAGE WAGE, BASIC EDUCATION, BASIC SKILLS, COLLEGE GRADUATES, COMPLETION RATES, COUNSELORS, CURRICULA, CURRICULA CONTENT, DISADVANTAGED YOUTH, ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION, EDUCATION LEVEL, EDUCATION REFORMS, EDUCATORS, EMPLOYABILITY, EMPLOYEE, EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT GROWTH, EMPLOYMENT IMPACT, EMPLOYMENT INCENTIVES, EMPLOYMENT LEVELS, EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES, EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS, EMPLOYMENT SERVICES, ETHICS, FEMALE EMPLOYMENT, FINDING EMPLOYMENT, FINDING JOBS, HIGH SCHOOL, HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT, HIGHER EDUCATION, HIGHER LEVELS OF EDUCATION, HOUSEHOLD INCOME, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, IN SERVICE COURSES, INTERVENTIONS, JOB COUNSELING, JOB OFFERS, JOB PLACEMENT, JOB SEARCH, JOB TRAINING, JOB-SEARCH ASSISTANCE, JOBS, LABOR ECONOMICS, LABOR FORCE, LABOR MARKET CONDITIONS, LABOR MARKET DEMAND, LABOR MARKET NEEDS, LABOR MARKET SERVICES, LABOR MARKETS, LABOR PRODUCTIVITY, LABOR SHORTAGES, LEADERSHIP, LEVEL OF EDUCATION, LIFE SKILLS, LITERACY, LOW EMPLOYMENT, LOW UNEMPLOYMENT, MALE TRAINEES, MENTAL HEALTH, NEW ENTRANTS, NUMERACY, OCCUPATIONAL CHOICE, OCCUPATIONS, ON-THE-JOB TRAINING, PASSIVE LABOR, PASSIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS, PRESENT STUDY, PRIMARY EDUCATION, PRIOR WORK EXPERIENCE, PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT, PRIVATE PROVIDER, PRIVATE PROVIDERS, PRIVATE PROVISION, PRIVATE SECTOR, PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT, PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT SERVICES, PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, PUBLIC SCHOOLS, PUBLIC WORKS, SCHOOL EDUCATION, SECONDARY EDUCATION, SERVICE PROVIDERS, SKILL ACQUISITION, SKILL SHORTAGES, SKILLED WORKERS, SKILLS TRAINING, STUDENT ASSESSMENT, STUDENT LEARNING, TEACHER, TEACHERS, TEACHING, TERTIARY EDUCATION, TRAINEES, TRAINING COURSE, TRAINING COURSES, TRAINING IMPACTS, TRAINING POLICIES, TRAINING PROGRAM, TRAINING PROGRAMS, TRAINING PROVIDERS, UNEMPLOYED, UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE, UNEMPLOYMENT, UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE, UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, UNEMPLOYMENT RATES, VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, VOCATIONAL TRAINING, VOCATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMS, WAGE EMPLOYMENT, WORK EXPERIENCE, YOUNG WORKERS, YOUTH,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/08/19151577/turkey-evaluating-impact-iskurs-vocational-training-programs-vol-1-2-final-report https://hdl.handle.net/10986/17561
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