The Impact of Vocational Training for the Unemployed : Experimental Evidence from Turkey

A randomized experiment is used to evaluate a large-scale, active labor market policy: Turkey's vocational training programs for the unemployed. A detailed follow-up survey of a large sample with low attrition enables precise estimation of treatment impacts and their heterogeneity. The average impact of training on employment is positive, but close to zero and statistically insignificant, which is much lower than either program officials or applicants expected. Over the first year after training, the paper finds that training had statistically significant effects on the quality of employment and that the positive impacts are stronger when training is offered by private providers. However, longer-term administrative data show that after three years these effects have also dissipated.

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Main Authors:	Hirshleifer, Sarojini, McKenzie, David, Almeida, Rita, Ridao-Cano, Cristobal
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014-03
Subjects:	ACCOUNTING, ACTIVE LABOR, ACTIVE LABOR MARKET, ACTIVE LABOR MARKET POLICY, ACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAM, ACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS, ACTIVE LABOUR, ACTIVE LABOUR MARKET, ACTIVE LABOUR MARKET POLICY, ADOLESCENT GIRLS, AGE GROUP, AGE GROUPS, AGGREGATE EMPLOYMENT, ATTENDANCE RATES, ATTRITION, BUSINESS CYCLES, CLASS SIZE, CLASSROOM, COMPLETION RATES, COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS, COMPUTER TECHNICIANS, DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS, DISADVANTAGED YOUTH, DISPLACEMENT, DISPLACEMENT EFFECTS, DROP-OUTS, EARNING, EDUCATION FOR ALL, EDUCATIONAL PLANNING, EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT EFFECT, EMPLOYMENT EFFECTS, EMPLOYMENT IMPACT, EMPLOYMENT IMPACTS, EMPLOYMENT LEVEL, EMPLOYMENT LEVELS, EMPLOYMENT OUTCOME, EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES, EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS, EMPLOYMENT RATE, EMPLOYMENT SHARE, EMPLOYMENT STATUS, EXPERIENCED TEACHERS, FEMALE EMPLOYMENT, FEMALE LABOR, FEMALE LABOR FORCE, FEMALE YOUTH, FINDING JOBS, GENDER DIFFERENCES, GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM, GIRLS, HIGH SCHOOL, HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT, HOUSEHOLD INCOME, HOUSEHOLD WEALTH, HUMAN CAPITAL, INTERNSHIPS, JOB PLACEMENT, JOB SEARCH, JOB TRAINING, JOBS, LABOR ECONOMICS, LABOR FORCE, LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION, LABOR MARKET CHARACTERISTICS, LABOR MARKET DEMAND, LABOR MARKET NEEDS, LABOR MARKET PERFORMANCE, LABOR MARKET POLICIES, LABOR MARKET REFORMS, LABOR MARKETS, LABOR SHORTAGES, LABOUR, LABOUR MARKET TRAINING, LEARNING, LEVELS OF EDUCATION, LIFE SKILLS, LOCAL LABOR MARKET, LOCAL LABOR MARKET CONDITIONS, LOCAL LABOR MARKETS, LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYMENT, LOW EMPLOYMENT, LOW UNEMPLOYMENT, MENTAL HEALTH, MOTIVATION, NUMERACY, OCCUPATIONS, OLDER WORKERS, ON-THE-JOB TRAINING, ON-THE-JOB TRAINING PROGRAMS, PARTICIPATION RATES, PERSONALITY, PREVIOUS WORK, PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE, PRIMARY EDUCATION, PRIVATE PROVIDER, PRIVATE PROVIDERS, PRIVATE PROVISION, PRIVATE SECTOR, PRIVATE TRAINING, PRIVATE TRAINING PROVIDERS, PUBLIC SCHOOLS, PUBLIC WORKS, PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAM, SCHOOL EDUCATION, SERVICE SECTOR, SERVICE SECTOR EMPLOYMENT SHARE, SKILL ACQUISITION, SKILLS DEVELOPMENT, SKILLS TRAINING, TEACHER, TEACHER EFFECTIVENESS, TEACHERS, TEACHING, TERTIARY EDUCATION, TOTAL EMPLOYMENT, TRAINEES, TRAINING COURSE, TRAINING COURSES, TRAINING EFFECT, TRAINING IMPACT, TRAINING IMPACTS, TRAINING PARTICIPANTS, TRAINING PERIOD, TRAINING PROVIDER, TRAINING PROVIDERS, TRAINING SERVICES, UNEMPLOYED, UNEMPLOYED INDIVIDUAL, UNEMPLOYED INDIVIDUALS, UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE, UNEMPLOYED POPULATION, UNEMPLOYMENT, UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, UNEMPLOYMENT RATES, VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, VOCATIONAL SKILLS, VOCATIONAL TRAINING, VOCATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAM, VOCATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMS, WAGE SUBSIDY, WAGE SUBSIDY PROGRAMS, WAGES, WORK EXPERIENCE, WORK OCCUPATION, WORKER, YOUTH EMPLOYMENT, YOUTH TRAINING,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/03/19258767/impact-vocational-training-unemployed-experimental-evidence-turkey https://hdl.handle.net/10986/17730
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