Search Results - subject:"youth training programs"

The effects of youth training on risk behavior: the role of non-cognitive skills

Calero, Carla; Rozo, Sandra V. - In: IZA Journal of Labor & Development 5 (2016) 12, pp. 1-27

training programs can prevent treatment recipients from engaging in risk behavior-i.e., cigarettes, alcohol, and hard drug …This paper uses unique experimental data from a youth training program in the Favelas, Brazil, to examine whether youth …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011725537

Are you (not) expecting? The unforeseen benefits of job training on teenage pregnancy

Novella, Rafael; Ripani, Laura - In: IZA Journal of Labor & Development 5 (2016) 19, pp. 1-18

Teenage pregnancy in the Dominican Republic represents a persistent development challenge. This paper uses data from a randomized impact evaluation of the youth training program Juventud y Empleo, which includes soft skills training, to examine its impact on teenage pregnancy. We find that the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011725544

The effects of youth training on risk behavior : the role of non-cognitive skills

Calero, Carla; Rozo, Sandra V. - In: IZA journal of labor & development 5 (2016) 12, pp. 1-27

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011655794

Are you (not) expecting? : the unforeseen benefits of job training on teenage pregnancy

Novella, Rafael; Ripani, Laura - In: IZA journal of labor & development 5 (2016) 19, pp. 1-18

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011655812

Are You (Not) Expecting? The Unforeseen Benefits of Job Training on Teenage Pregnancy

Novella, Rafael; Ripani, Laura - 2015

Teenage pregnancy in the Dominican Republic represents a persistent development challenge. This paper uses data from a randomized impact evaluation of the youth training program Juventud y Empleo, which includes soft-skills training, to examine its impact on teenage pregnancy. We find that the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011535750

Are you (not) expecting? : the unforeseen benefits of job training on teenage pregnancy

Novella, Rafael; Ripani, Laura - 2015

Teenage pregnancy in the Dominican Republic represents a persistent development challenge. This paper uses data from a randomized impact evaluation of the youth training program Juventud y Empleo, which includes soft-skills training, to examine its impact on teenage pregnancy. We find that the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011472370

Life skills, employability and training for disadvantaged youth: Evidence from a randomized evaluation design

Ibarraran, Pablo; Ripani, Laura; Taboada, Bibiana; … - In: IZA Journal of Labor & Development 3 (2014), pp. 1-24

This paper presents an impact evaluation of a revamped version of the Dominican Republic's youth training program Juventud y Empleo. The paper analyzes the impact of the program on traditional labor market outcomes and on outcomes related to youth behavior and life style, expectations about the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011603702

Life skills, employability and training for disadvantaged youth : evidence from a randomized evaluation design

Ibarrarán, Pablo; Ripani, Laura; Taboada, Bibiana; … - In: IZA journal of labor & development 3 (2014), pp. 1-24

This paper presents an impact evaluation of a revamped version of the Dominican Republic’s youth training program Juventud y Empleo. The paper analyzes the impact of the program on traditional labor market outcomes and on outcomes related to youth behavior and life style, expectations about...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010389562

Youth Training Programs and their Impact on Career and Spell Duration of Professional Soccer Players

Voia, Marcel-Cristian; Radoman, Mihailo - Carleton University, Department of Economics - 2013

A unique data set of post-war English trained soccer players that signed professionally with their parent club when they turned 18 is used to study the impact of their stay with the home team and their total career duration. The home team (first) spell and career durations of these soccer...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010931943

Life skills, employability and training for disadvantaged youth: Evidence from a randomized evaluation design

Ibarrarán, Pablo; Ripani, Laura; Taboada, Bibiana; … - 2012

This paper presents an impact evaluation of a revamped version of the Dominican youth training program Juventud y Empleo. The paper analyzes the impact of the program on traditional labor market outcomes and on outcomes related to youth behavior and life style, expectations about the future and...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010283991