Description: The Impact of Vocational Training for the Unemployed : Experimental Evidence from Turkey

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The Impact of Vocational Training for the Unemployed : Experimental Evidence from Turkey

A randomized experiment is used to evaluate a large-scale, active labor market policy: Turkey's vocational training programs for the unemployed. A detailed follow-up survey of a large sample with low attrition enables precise estimation of tr...

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Main Authors:	Hirshleifer, Sarojini, McKenzie, David, Almeida, Rita, Ridao-Cano, Cristobal
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCOUNTING ACTIVE LABOR ACTIVE LABOR MARKET ACTIVE LABOR MARKET POLICY ACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAM ACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS ACTIVE LABOUR ACTIVE LABOUR MARKET ACTIVE LABOUR MARKET POLICY ADOLESCENT GIRLS AGE GROUP AGE GROUPS AGGREGATE EMPLOYMENT ATTENDANCE RATES ATTRITION BUSINESS CYCLES CLASS SIZE CLASSROOM COMPLETION RATES COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS COMPUTER TECHNICIANS DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DISADVANTAGED YOUTH DISPLACEMENT DISPLACEMENT EFFECTS DROP-OUTS EARNING EDUCATION FOR ALL EDUCATIONAL PLANNING EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT EFFECT EMPLOYMENT EFFECTS EMPLOYMENT IMPACT EMPLOYMENT IMPACTS EMPLOYMENT LEVEL EMPLOYMENT LEVELS EMPLOYMENT OUTCOME EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS EMPLOYMENT RATE EMPLOYMENT SHARE EMPLOYMENT STATUS EXPERIENCED TEACHERS FEMALE EMPLOYMENT FEMALE LABOR FEMALE LABOR FORCE FEMALE YOUTH FINDING JOBS GENDER DIFFERENCES GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD WEALTH HUMAN CAPITAL INTERNSHIPS JOB PLACEMENT JOB SEARCH JOB TRAINING JOBS LABOR ECONOMICS LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR MARKET CHARACTERISTICS LABOR MARKET DEMAND LABOR MARKET NEEDS LABOR MARKET PERFORMANCE LABOR MARKET POLICIES LABOR MARKET REFORMS LABOR MARKETS LABOR SHORTAGES LABOUR LABOUR MARKET TRAINING LEARNING LEVELS OF EDUCATION LIFE SKILLS LOCAL LABOR MARKET LOCAL LABOR MARKET CONDITIONS LOCAL LABOR MARKETS LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYMENT LOW EMPLOYMENT LOW UNEMPLOYMENT MENTAL HEALTH MOTIVATION NUMERACY OCCUPATIONS OLDER WORKERS ON-THE-JOB TRAINING ON-THE-JOB TRAINING PROGRAMS PARTICIPATION RATES PERSONALITY PREVIOUS WORK PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIVATE PROVIDER PRIVATE PROVIDERS PRIVATE PROVISION PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE TRAINING PRIVATE TRAINING PROVIDERS PUBLIC SCHOOLS PUBLIC WORKS PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAM SCHOOL EDUCATION SERVICE SECTOR SERVICE SECTOR EMPLOYMENT SHARE SKILL ACQUISITION SKILLS DEVELOPMENT SKILLS TRAINING TEACHER TEACHER EFFECTIVENESS TEACHERS TEACHING TERTIARY EDUCATION TOTAL EMPLOYMENT TRAINEES TRAINING COURSE TRAINING COURSES TRAINING EFFECT TRAINING IMPACT TRAINING IMPACTS TRAINING PARTICIPANTS TRAINING PERIOD TRAINING PROVIDER TRAINING PROVIDERS TRAINING SERVICES UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED INDIVIDUAL UNEMPLOYED INDIVIDUALS UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE UNEMPLOYED POPULATION UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES VOCATIONAL EDUCATION VOCATIONAL SKILLS VOCATIONAL TRAINING VOCATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAM VOCATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMS WAGE SUBSIDY WAGE SUBSIDY PROGRAMS WAGES WORK EXPERIENCE WORK OCCUPATION WORKER YOUTH EMPLOYMENT YOUTH TRAINING
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/03/19258767/impact-vocational-training-unemployed-experimental-evidence-turkey http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17730

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Summary:	A randomized experiment is used to evaluate a large-scale, active labor market policy: Turkey's vocational training programs for the unemployed. A detailed follow-up survey of a large sample with low attrition enables precise estimation of treatment impacts and their heterogeneity. The average impact of training on employment is positive, but close to zero and statistically insignificant, which is much lower than either program officials or applicants expected. Over the first year after training, the paper finds that training had statistically significant effects on the quality of employment and that the positive impacts are stronger when training is offered by private providers. However, longer-term administrative data show that after three years these effects have also dissipated.