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Youth Employment Programs - Independent Evaluation Group

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Table B.8CountrySwedenTunisiaUnitedKingdom<strong>Youth</strong> <strong>Employment</strong> Impact <strong>Evaluation</strong>s (cont.)<strong>Evaluation</strong>study Interventions Target groupWorld BankSouth AsiaRegion(2011f)Larsson(2003)Premandand others(2012)Blundelland others(2004)Van Reenen(2003)SkillsdevelopmentImproving thequality of formalTVETRemedial TVETFostering jobcreation/workopportunitiesWage subsidiesSkillsdevelopmentRemedial TVETFostering jobcreation/workopportunitiesTraining inentrepreneurshipSupport to startup businessesFostering jobcreation/workopportunitiesWage subsidiesDirect job creationSmoothing transitionfrom schoolto work andfacilitating jobmobilityCounselingSkillsdevelopmentRemedial TVETFostering jobcreation/workopportunitiesWage subsidiesDirect job creationSmoothing transitionfrom schoolto work andfacilitating jobmobilityCounselingSkillsdevelopmentRemedial TVETAll labormarketparticipants(youth andprime-agedadults)<strong>Youth</strong>Observationperiod<strong>Evaluation</strong>method1992–2004 Propensityscore matchingParametricsurvivalmodelsFirst half ofthe 1990sPropensityscore matching<strong>Youth</strong> 2009–2011 Ordinary leastsquare<strong>Youth</strong> 1997–1998 Differencein differencecombinedwith variousmethods<strong>Youth</strong> 1998–2002 Difference indifference<strong>Employment</strong>effectPositive (formaltrainingon full-timesalariedemploymentfor allworking agepopulation)Insignificant(time to finda first job foryouth)Negative(short-run)Insignificant(medium-run)InsignificantPositive inself-employmentPositivePositiveEarningseffectPositive (formaltrainingfor allworking agepopulation)Negative(short-run)Insignificant(medium-run)Positive inprivate sectorreservationwage ofparticipantsNANA86 <strong>Youth</strong> <strong>Employment</strong> <strong>Programs</strong>

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