The Impact of Private Sector Internship and Training on Urban Youth in Kenya

This study uses a randomized experiment to evaluate the impacts of the training and internship program piloted in Nairobi, Mombasa and Kisumu counties by the Kenya Private Sector Alliance and the Government of Kenya with support from the World Bank’s Kenya Youth Empowerment Project. The program provided three months of classroom-based technical training coupled with three months of internships in private firms to vulnerable youths between ages 15 and 29 years, with vulnerable being defined as those out of school and/or with no permanent job. The analysis in this paper is based on survey data collected before the program started (July 2012) and 15 months after the program ended (July 2014). The results of the impact evaluation show that the program has been successful in placing youths in paid jobs and has contributed to an increase of 15 percent in current employment among male participants. The evaluation also found that the program has had positive effects on wage earnings, especially those of females and among older males, with wages increasing by about K Sh 5,000 for males and by K Sh 7,500 for females. With a total unit cost of K Sh 97,000 per beneficiary, an estimated K Sh 6,768 monthly wage for males and K Sh 9,623 monthly wage for females, the program’s benefits exceeded the costs for males and females. The program also encouraged youths to participate in either (certified) skills training or an internship program, and helped to increase the probability of participants’ opening a bank account and accumulating savings (for females).

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Honorati, Maddalena
Format:	Working Paper biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2015-08
Subjects:	SKILLS, JOBS, EMPLOYMENT, UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, EDUCATED WORKERS, COLLEGE DEGREE, NATIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, BASIC EDUCATION, FORMAL EDUCATION, VOCATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAM, PERSONALITY, WORK EXPERIENCE, PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP, DROPOUT RATES, YOUTH EMPLOYMENT, SOCIAL SKILLS, SCHOOLING, FEMALE YOUTH, VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, LEVELS OF EDUCATION, SKILLS DEVELOPMENT, SKILLS TRAINING, GROUPS, AGE GROUP, HEALTH INSURANCE, LIFE SKILLS, PROBLEM‐SOLVING, UNEMPLOYED POPULATION, SECONDARY CERTIFICATE, JOB, FEMALE EMPLOYMENT, COMPUTER SKILLS, NATIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION ATTAINMENT, ACCESS TO TRAINING, PROGRAM COMPLETION, EMPLOYMENT RATES, LEVEL OF EDUCATION, TRAINING PROGRAMS, ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS, ADULTS, SECONDARY SCHOOL, GENDER DISPARITY, EXAM, TRAINING CENTERS, ACTIVE LABOR, DRIVERS, JOB SEEKERS, TRAINEES, LITERACY, KNOWLEDGE, LABOR MARKET, SKILL TRAINING, FORMAL SCHOOLING SYSTEM, SKILL DEVELOPMENT, ENTREPRENEURSHIP TRAINING, COGNITIVE SKILLS, TRAINING, TEACHER TRAINING, DECISION‐MAKING, SECONDARY SCHOOLS, ACTIVE LABOR MARKET, UNEMPLOYED, JOB TRAINING, WRITING SKILLS, SELF‐EMPLOYED, LEARNING, LABOR, PRIMARY SCHOOL, JOB SEARCH, MONTHLY STIPEND, RETENTION RATE, PROBLEM SOLVING, BASIC SKILLS, ADOLESCENT GIRLS, SECONDARY EDUCATION, READING, UNEMPLOYMENT, TECHNOLOGY, LIFE SKILLS COMPONENT, HUMAN CAPITAL, VOCATIONAL TRAINING, YOUTH POPULATION, LITERACY SKILLS, WORKERS, TRAINING COURSES, LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS, ATTITUDES, GENDER DIFFERENCES, SCHOOLS, ACCESS TO CAPITAL, LABOR DEMAND, TRAINING COMPONENT, PARTICIPATION, ACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS, CURRICULA, OCCUPATIONS, PRIVATE PROVISION, SELF‐ EMPLOYED, PRIVATE FIRMS, YOUNG PEOPLE, YOUTH, LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES, PRIVATE SECTOR, GENDER DISPARITIES, WORKSHOPS, INTERNSHIPS, OLDER ADULTS, TEACHER, JOB SEARCH ASSISTANCE, FORMAL SCHOOLING, RURAL AREAS, TRAINING CONTENTS, WRITING, CHILDREN, EMPLOYABILITY, SELF‐ESTEEM, EDUCATION, INVESTMENT, TERTIARY EDUCATION, MALE PARTICIPANTS, TRAINING PROGRAM, JOB PLACEMENT, GIRLS, LEADERSHIP, INTERVENTIONS, PRIMARY EDUCATION, FINDING WORK, FEES, UNEMPLOYED JOB SEEKERS, WOMEN, YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT, FIRM GROWTH, CLASSROOM, CHILDCARE, SCHOOL, PRIVATE SECTORS, WAGE EMPLOYMENT, UNIVERSITIES, APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/08/24958910/impact-private-sector-internship-training-urban-youth-kenya http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22661
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