Labor Market Impacts and Effectiveness of Skills Development Programs in India

Over the past few years, the Government of India (GOI) has been implementing five large national skills development (SD) programs to improve the employment and earnings prospects of urban and rural youth. The critical questions to be addressed are: what have been the employment outcomes of those programs?; what earnings premium do one give to trainees?; do program benefits justify the significant public investments made into them?; what organizational aspects affect delivery and reach?; and finally, based on these findings, what should be the course of action? This paper tries to address these questions, using data from a set of surveys of trainees (past and current), non-trainees (comparison group), employers, and training providers. The quantitative analysis has been complemented by a qualitative study based on interviews and focus group discussions, with focus on business processes, program management, and monitoring and evaluation (M and E). Five states have been taken into consideration for this analysis: Assam, Andhra Pradesh (AP), Madhya Pradesh (MP), Odisha, and Rajasthan. This paper comprises several sections. The first section provides introduction. Section two presents skills development programs; section three presents employment outcomes of SD programs; section four presents wage and earnings effects of SD programs; section five is cost-effectiveness of SD programs; section six is India versus international experience; section seven presents findings from the qualitative study; and section eight gives conclusions and policy recommendations.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Report biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2015-04
Subjects:	SKILLS, EMPLOYMENT PROMOTION, JOBS, PROGRAM BENEFICIARIES, EMPLOYMENT, LABOR MARKET INFORMATION SYSTEMS, TRAINING PERIOD, EMPLOYMENT RATE, WAGE EFFECT, UNEMPLOYMENT RATES, FORMAL EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT GENERATION, PRIVATE TRAINING PROVIDERS, ADULT WORKERS, INFORMAL SECTOR, TRAINING PROVIDERS, SCHOOLING, SERVICE SECTOR, TRAINING INSTITUTIONS, SKILLS DEVELOPMENT, PROGRAM DESIGN, AGE GROUP, DELIVERY MECHANISM, JOB TENURE, LABOR FORCE, HEALTH INSURANCE, YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT RATES, HIGHER EDUCATION, JOB, COURSE DURATION, LABOR ECONOMICS, LABOR MARKET DEMAND, LEARNING MATERIALS, EARNINGS PROSPECTS, RURAL YOUTH, EMPLOYMENT RATES, TRAINING PROGRAMS, LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION, LABOR MARKET IMPACT, PRIVATE TRAINING, ADULTS, EMPLOYMENT TRAINING, IN-SERVICE TRAINING, EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES, ACTIVE LABOR, WAGE GAIN, JOB SEEKERS, TRAINEES, WORK EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE, GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT INCREASES, JOB MATCH, COURSE CONTENT, LABOR MARKET, MID-TERM EVALUATION, TRAINING COST, TRAINING, ON-THE-JOB TRAINING, PRIVATE PROVIDERS, ACTIVE LABOR MARKET, UNEMPLOYED YOUTH, UNEMPLOYED, JOB EXPERIENCE, LEARNING, EDUCATION SYSTEM, JOB TRAINING, CLASSROOM TEACHING, LABOR, TEACHING, JOB SEARCH, MALE TRAINEES, SKILL TRAINING, UNEMPLOYMENT, HUMAN CAPITAL, VOCATIONAL TRAINING, SHORT-TERM TRAINING, WORKERS, TRAINING COURSES, SKILLS TRAINING, LABOR MARKET CONDITIONS, LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS, JOB STATUS, ACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS, WAGE PREMIUM, OCCUPATIONS, AGE GROUPS, DISADVANTAGED YOUTH, YOUTH FIND EMPLOYMENT, SKILL UPGRADING, EMPLOYMENT STATUS, PRIVATE SECTOR, WAGE RATE, PRIOR WORK EXPERIENCE, EMPLOYMENT EFFECT, LIFE-LONG LEARNING, CURRICULUM, MANAGEMENT, EMPLOYMENT IMPACT, PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN, LEVEL OF EDUCATION, EMPLOYABILITY, EDUCATION, JOB FAIRS, SKILL DEVELOPMENT, PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS, EMPLOYMENT PROBABILITY, BASIC SKILLS, SERVICE TRAINING, CLASSROOM TRAINING, TRAINING PROGRAM, JOB PLACEMENT, LOCAL EMPLOYERS, WAGE EFFECTS, LOCAL LABOR MARKET, PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, FEES, YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT, LABOR MARKETS, CLASSROOM, PROGRAM DELIVERY, SCHOOL, SECONDARY EDUCATION, YOUTH POPULATION, WAGE EMPLOYMENT, LABOR REGULATIONS, LABOR MARKET INFORMATION, TRAINING IMPACTS, PRODUCTION PROCESSES, EMPLOYEES,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/04/24616611/labor-market-impacts-effectiveness-skills-development-programs-india https://hdl.handle.net/10986/22391
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