Going the distance: Hybrid vocational training for women in Nepal

Sarah Janzen, Nicholas Magnan, Conner Mullally, Shruti Sharma and Bhola Shrestha

Journal of Development Economics, 2025, vol. 174, issue C

Abstract: We test whether access to a hybrid distance learning program can expand professional training opportunities where women’s labor force participation is low. Qualified women were randomly selected to train as community animal health workers through either a traditional training course requiring 35 consecutive days away from home or a distance learning course requiring two shorter stays plus a tablet-based home curriculum. Distance learning increases training completion rates from 30% to 51%. Distance learning trainees are at least as knowledgeable and skilled as their traditionally trained counterparts, with similar labor force participation and long-run job performance.

Keywords: Labor force participation; Nepal; vocational training; Women (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2024.103414

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