The Demand for, and Impact of, Youth Internships : Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Yemen (English)

This paper evaluates a youth internship program in Yemen. The authors examine the demand for the program and find an oversupply of graduates in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics and a relative undersupply of graduates in marketing and business. Conditional on the types of graduate’s firms were looking to hire, applicants were then randomly chosen for the program. Receiving an internship resulted in an almost doubling of work experience...

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Assaf, Nabila;

Cusolito, Ana Paula;

McKenzie, David J.;
Document Date
2016/01/18
Document Type
Journal Article
Report Number
136150
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Yemen, Republic of,
Region
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan, and Pakistan,
Disclosure Date
2019/04/18
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
The Demand for, and Impact of, Youth Internships : Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Yemen
Keywords
Fragile & Conflict-Affected States

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Assaf, Nabila; Cusolito, Ana Paula; McKenzie, David J..

The Demand for, and Impact of, Youth Internships : Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Yemen (English). Author accepted manuscript Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/327751555570340902

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