They Got Mad Skills
This paper discusses a randomized control trial to measure the short-term impacts of a skills intervention among urban youth in Sierra Leone at the onset of the Ebola crisis. The intervention provided (i) technical skills training, plus on-the-job training; (ii) business skills training; and (iii) a mix of (i) and (ii). All groups received stipends and literacy and numeracy training. The findings support evidence that combining cash injections and skills training can stimulate employment and entrepreneurship. The program boosted household consumption and investments in housing and assets, thereby building resilience to the Ebola shock. The effects on cognitive and noncognitive skills were positive and heterogeneous. Youth with greater initial ability experienced more positive labor market and entrepreneurship investment impacts. Youth with less initial ability upgraded skills more extensively, although they channeled benefits into more consumption. These findings emphasize the role of basic safety nets and show that noncognitive tests may improve the targeting of skills interventions in fragile contexts. The results also confirm the age-malleability of noncognitive ability and suggest that, in low-ability contexts, the sensitive years for skill investments may reach into early adulthood.
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Subjects: | YOUTH EMPLOYMENT, YOUTH SKILLS, EBOLA, TRAINING, SOCIAL PROTECTION, GENDER, LABOR MARKET, YOUTH LABOR, YOUTH JOBS, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, |
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dig-okr-10986264732024-08-09T09:01:17Z They Got Mad Skills The Effects of Training on Youth Employability and Resilience to the Ebola Shock Rosas, Nina Acevedo, Maria Cecilia Zaldivar, Samantha YOUTH EMPLOYMENT YOUTH SKILLS EBOLA TRAINING SOCIAL PROTECTION GENDER LABOR MARKET YOUTH LABOR YOUTH JOBS ENTREPRENEURSHIP This paper discusses a randomized control trial to measure the short-term impacts of a skills intervention among urban youth in Sierra Leone at the onset of the Ebola crisis. The intervention provided (i) technical skills training, plus on-the-job training; (ii) business skills training; and (iii) a mix of (i) and (ii). All groups received stipends and literacy and numeracy training. The findings support evidence that combining cash injections and skills training can stimulate employment and entrepreneurship. The program boosted household consumption and investments in housing and assets, thereby building resilience to the Ebola shock. The effects on cognitive and noncognitive skills were positive and heterogeneous. Youth with greater initial ability experienced more positive labor market and entrepreneurship investment impacts. Youth with less initial ability upgraded skills more extensively, although they channeled benefits into more consumption. These findings emphasize the role of basic safety nets and show that noncognitive tests may improve the targeting of skills interventions in fragile contexts. The results also confirm the age-malleability of noncognitive ability and suggest that, in low-ability contexts, the sensitive years for skill investments may reach into early adulthood. 2017-04-26T22:34:22Z 2017-04-26T22:34:22Z 2017-04 Working Paper Document de travail Documento de trabajo http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/700321493126707105/They-got-mad-skills-the-effects-of-training-on-youth-employability-and-resilience-to-the-Ebola-shock https://hdl.handle.net/10986/26473 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8036 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank application/pdf text/plain World Bank, Washington, DC |
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This paper discusses a randomized
control trial to measure the short-term impacts of a skills
intervention among urban youth in Sierra Leone at the onset
of the Ebola crisis. The intervention provided (i) technical
skills training, plus on-the-job training; (ii) business
skills training; and (iii) a mix of (i) and (ii). All groups
received stipends and literacy and numeracy training. The
findings support evidence that combining cash injections and
skills training can stimulate employment and
entrepreneurship. The program boosted household consumption
and investments in housing and assets, thereby building
resilience to the Ebola shock. The effects on cognitive and
noncognitive skills were positive and heterogeneous. Youth
with greater initial ability experienced more positive labor
market and entrepreneurship investment impacts. Youth with
less initial ability upgraded skills more extensively,
although they channeled benefits into more consumption.
These findings emphasize the role of basic safety nets and
show that noncognitive tests may improve the targeting of
skills interventions in fragile contexts. The results also
confirm the age-malleability of noncognitive ability and
suggest that, in low-ability contexts, the sensitive years
for skill investments may reach into early adulthood. |
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Rosas, Nina Acevedo, Maria Cecilia Zaldivar, Samantha |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/700321493126707105/They-got-mad-skills-the-effects-of-training-on-youth-employability-and-resilience-to-the-Ebola-shock https://hdl.handle.net/10986/26473 |
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