Active Labor Market Programs for Youth : A Framework to Guide Youth Employment Interventions

Youth are three times more likely to be unemployed than adults, even in economies with strong economic growth. This note is a tool to provide policymakers and youth-serving organizations with a framework to better diagnose short- to medium-run constraints facing the stock of unemployed youth and to design evidence based youth employment interventions. The note only addresses youth employment; strategies to affect wages, productivity, underemployment, or job quality are not directly discussed. This note presents youth-oriented Active Labor Market Programs (ALMPs) that conform to one of two criteria. Each intervention either has been shown to have predominately positive impact, as measured by rigorous impact evaluations, or has weaker evidence of impact-rigorous evaluations with mixed evidence of impact or strong positive monitoring data-and is theoretically sound. Cost-effectiveness information is presented when available. The note focuses on programs that are appropriate to address constraints faced by youth from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Cunningham, Wendy, Sanchez-Puerta, Maria Laura, Wuermli, Alice
Format:	Brief biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2010-11
Subjects:	ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, ACTIVE LABOR, ACTIVE LABOR MARKET, ACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS, ADOLESCENT GIRLS, ADULT LITERACY, ADULT LITERACY PROGRAMS, ADULTS, APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING, BASIC EDUCATION, BASIC SKILLS, BENEFITS OF EDUCATION, CAPITAL INVESTMENTS, CAREER COUNSELING, CHILD CARE, CHILDCARE, CLASSROOM, CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT, COMPUTER LITERACY, COUNTRY-SPECIFIC FACTORS, DEADWEIGHT, DEADWEIGHT LOSS, DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS, DEVELOPMENT EFFECTIVENESS, DISADVANTAGED GROUPS, DISADVANTAGED WORKERS, DISPLACEMENT, DROPOUT RATES, EARLY CHILDHOOD, EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT, EARNING, ECONOMIC BENEFITS, ECONOMIC GROWTH, EDUCATION PROGRAMS, EDUCATION SYSTEM, EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS, EMPLOYABILITY, EMPLOYEE, EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT IMPACT, EMPLOYMENT OFFICES, EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, EMPLOYMENT POLICY, EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS, EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS, EMPLOYMENT SERVICES, EMPLOYMENT TRAINING, EMPLOYMENT TRENDS, ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITY, ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS, ETHNIC MINORITIES, FAMILY LIFE, FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION, FINDING EMPLOYMENT, FINDING JOBS, FIRING COSTS, FUNCTIONAL LITERACY, GENDER DIFFERENCES, GENDER DISCRIMINATION, GENDER DISPARITIES, GENDER DISPARITY, GENDER PARITY, GENERAL EDUCATION, GIRLS, HIGH SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, INCOME, INCOME EARNING, INFORMAL SECTOR, INNOVATION, INTERNATIONAL LITERACY, INTERNSHIPS, INTERVENTIONS, INVENTORY, JOB CREATION, JOB SEARCH, JOB SEARCH ASSISTANCE, JOB SEARCH TRAINING, LABOR DEMAND, LABOR ECONOMICS, LABOR FORCE, LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES, LABOR MARKET REGULATIONS, LABOR MARKET SUCCESS, LABOR MARKETS, LABOR RELATIONS, LABOR SUPPLY, LABOUR, LABOUR OFFICE, LEADERSHIP, LEARNING, LEARNING OBJECTIVES, LIFE SKILLS, LIFE SKILLS EDUCATION, LITERACY, LITERACY PROGRAMS, LITERACY RATES, LITERACY STATISTICS, MALE PARTICIPANTS, MANPOWER, MARKET WAGES, MASTERCRAFTSMEN, MOTIVATION, NON-FORMAL EDUCATION, NUMERACY, OCCUPATIONS, ON-THE-JOB TRAINING, OPPORTUNITY COSTS, PERSONALITY, PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, PHYSICS, POLITICAL ECONOMY, POST-PROGRAM EMPLOYMENT, PRELIMINARY RESULTS, PRIVATE SECTOR, PRIVATE TRAINING, PRIVATE TRAINING PROVIDERS, PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS, PRODUCTIVE WORK, PRODUCTIVITY, PROGRAM CONTENT, PROGRAM COST, PROGRAM DESIGN, PROGRAM DESIGNS, PROGRAM DURATION, PUBLIC SERVICE, PUBLIC WORKS, PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS, PUBLIC WORKS PROJECT, PUBLIC-WORKS EMPLOYMENT, RADIO, RELIGIOUS BELIEFS, RETURNS TO EDUCATION, RISING UNEMPLOYMENT, RISING UNEMPLOYMENT RATES, SAFETY, SAFETY NET, SAFETY NETS, SCHOOL ATTENDANCE, SCHOOL DROPOUT, SCHOOL SYSTEMS, SCHOOLING, SCHOOLS, SCIENCE EDUCATION, SECONDARY SCHOOL, SKILLS ACQUISITION, SKILLS DEVELOPMENT, SKILLS TRAINING, SOCIAL CAPITAL, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL NORMS, SUBSIDIZED JOBS, SUBSIDIZED TRAINING, TRADITIONAL SKILLS, TRAINING ACTIVITIES, TRAINING CENTER, TRAINING CENTERS, TRAINING COURSES, TRAINING INSTITUTION, TRAINING PERIOD, TRAINING PROGRAM, TRAINING PROGRAMS, TRAINING SYSTEM, UNEMPLOYED, UNEMPLOYED YOUTH, UNEMPLOYMENT, UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE, UNEMPLOYMENT RATES, VOCATIONAL TRAINING, WAGE SUBSIDIES, WORK EXPERIENCE, WORKER, WORKERS, YOUNG PEOPLE, YOUNG WORKERS, YOUTH EMPLOYMENT, YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/11/13264729/active-labor-market-programs-youth-framework-guide-youth-employment-interventions http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11690
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