The Demand for, and Impact of, Youth Internships : Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Yemen

This paper evaluates a youth internship program in the Republic of Yemen that provided firms with a 50 percent subsidy to hire recent graduates of universities and vocational schools. The first round of the program took place in 2014 and required both firms and youth to apply for the program. The paper examines the demand for such a program, and finds that in the context of an economy facing substantial political and economic uncertainty, it appears there is an oversupply of graduates in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, and a relative undersupply of graduates in marketing and business. Conditional on the types of graduates firms were looking to hire as interns, applicants were then randomly chosen for the program. Receiving an internship resulted in an almost doubling of work experience in 2014, and a 73 percent increase in income during this period compared with the control group. A short-term follow-up survey conducted just as civil conflict was breaking out shows that internship recipients had better employment outcomes than the control group in the first five months after the program ended.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	McKenzie, David, Assaf, Nabila, Cusolito, Ana Paula
Format:	Working Paper biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2015-10
Subjects:	SKILLS, JOBS, EMPLOYMENT, INTERNS, UNEMPLOYMENT RATES, COLLEGE, ACCOUNTING, LABOR PROGRAMS, YOUTH EMPLOYMENT, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, SEARCH, INCOME, UNIVERSITY GRADUATES, EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, SKILLS DEVELOPMENT, INFORMATION, JOB, EFFECTS, PAPERS, LABOR ECONOMICS, TECHNICAL SKILLS, EMPLOYMENT RATES, EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS, TRAINING PROGRAMS, BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS, PILOT PROJECT, ASSOCIATIONS, TRAINING COURSE, EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES, COMPUTER, OPEN ACCESS, TELEVISION, WORK EXPERIENCE, COMMUNICATIONS, INSTITUTIONS, HUMAN RESOURCE, LABOR MARKET, VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS, MATHEMATICS, TRAINING, DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS, ON-THE-JOB TRAINING, DISPLACEMENT, LICENSE, ATTRITION, MARKETING, ORGANIZATIONS, LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES, JOB EXPERIENCE, LEARNING, GRADUATES, PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT, RESEARCH, JOB TRAINING, LABOR, UNIVERSITY EDUCATION, MANAGEMENT SKILLS, TEACHING, RADIO, FINANCE, GRANTS, MANUFACTURING, PHONE, UNEMPLOYMENT, TECHNOLOGY, BASIC SKILLS TRAINING, PDF, VOCATIONAL TRAINING, WORKERS, SKILLS TRAINING, CONTACT INFORMATION, SCIENCE, SOFTWARE, EMPLOYMENT OUTCOME, RESULTS, SCHOOLS, VALUE, ELECTRICITY, WAGE SUBSIDIES, LABOR MARKET PROGRAM, DISADVANTAGED YOUTH, LITERATURE, LABOR RELATIONS, PRIVATE SECTOR, EARNING, WORKSHOPS, INTERNSHIPS, ECONOMICS, MANAGEMENT, ADMINISTRATION, RESULT, SECURITY, BUSINESSES, BUSINESS, DEMAND FOR ENGINEERS, VOCATIONAL SCHOOL, SUPPLY, MARKET DEMAND, YOUTH TRAINING, COLLEGE GRADUATES, UNIVERSITY, FINDING JOBS, JOB SKILLS, YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, OUTCOMES, EMPLOYMENT IMPACTS, SAFETY, SCHOOL, WAGE EMPLOYMENT, PRICES, UNIVERSITIES, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/10/25225128/demand-impact-youth-internships-evidence-randomized-experiment-yemen http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22888
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