A Practicioner's Guide to Evaluating the Impacts of Labor Market Programs

A Practicioner's Guide to Evaluating the Impacts of Labor Market Programs

This note provides an introduction to the impact evaluation of labor market programs, with particular reference to developing countries. Its focus is on the main issues that need to be considered when planning an impact evaluation, including the importance of rigorous design for an evaluation, and on the statistical techniques used to estimate program impacts. To help the exposition, a prototype of a training program is referred to intermittently throughout the note. This hypothetical training program, which authors call get-to-work, provides training to the unemployed to help them find work. The note describes some general issues that are important for any impact evaluation of employment programs, both in the design and analysis stages, regardless of the specific evaluation techniques used. It then describes the main evaluation techniques, including the data requirements and the main assumptions invoked by each.

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Main Authors: Fitzsimons, Emla, Vera-Hernandez, Marcos
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2009-12
Subjects:AVERAGE WAGE, COMPETITIVE MODEL, DISPLACED WORKERS, DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME, EARNING, EARNINGS, EARNINGS DISTRIBUTION, ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES, EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT EFFECT, EMPLOYMENT EFFECTS, EMPLOYMENT POLICY, FIRING COSTS, FIRM SIZE, GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM, HOUSEHOLD INCOMES, HUMAN RESOURCES, INCOME, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, INFORMAL SECTOR, JOB SECURITY, JOBS, LABOR COSTS, LABOR DEMAND, LABOR DEMAND ELASTICITIES, LABOR ECONOMICS, LABOR FORCE, LABOR LAW, LABOR MARKET, LABOR MARKET INSTITUTIONS, LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES, LABOR MARKETS, LABOR RELATIONS, LABOR SUPPLY, LABOR UNIONS, LABOUR, LABOUR OFFICE, LARGE FIRM, LARGE FIRMS, MARKET WAGE, MINIMUM WAGE, MINIMUM WAGES, OCCUPATION, PAID WORKERS, PRESENT EVIDENCE, PRIMARY EDUCATION, PRIVATE SECTOR, PRIVATE SECTOR EMPLOYEES, PROBABILITY, SAFETY, SAFETY NETS, SALARIED WORKER, SECONDARY EDUCATION, SERVANTS, SOCIAL PROTECTION, UNEMPLOYED, UNEMPLOYMENT, UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS, UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, WAGE DISTRIBUTION, WAGE EFFECT, WAGE EFFECTS, WAGE GAIN, WAGE INCREASE, WAGE INCREASES, WAGE STRUCTURE, WORK FORCE, WORKERS, WORTH,
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/12/11517896/practicioners-guide-evaluating-impacts-labor-market-programs
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/11713
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Summary:This note provides an introduction to the impact evaluation of labor market programs, with particular reference to developing countries. Its focus is on the main issues that need to be considered when planning an impact evaluation, including the importance of rigorous design for an evaluation, and on the statistical techniques used to estimate program impacts. To help the exposition, a prototype of a training program is referred to intermittently throughout the note. This hypothetical training program, which authors call get-to-work, provides training to the unemployed to help them find work. The note describes some general issues that are important for any impact evaluation of employment programs, both in the design and analysis stages, regardless of the specific evaluation techniques used. It then describes the main evaluation techniques, including the data requirements and the main assumptions invoked by each.

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