The Labor Market Impacts of Youth Training in the Dominican Republic

David Card, Pablo Ibarraran (), Ferdinando Regalia, David Rosas-Shady and Yuri Soares

Journal of Labor Economics, 2011, vol. 29, issue 2, 267 - 300

Abstract: We report the impacts of a job training program operated in the Dominican Republic. A random sample of applicants was selected to undergo training, and information was gathered 10-14 months after graduation. Unfortunately, people originally assigned to treatment who failed to show up were not included in the follow-up survey, potentially compromising the evaluation design. We present estimates of the program effect, including comparisons that ignore the potential nonrandomness of "no-show" behavior, and estimates that model selectivity parametrically. We find little indication of a positive effect on employment outcomes but some evidence of a modest effect on earnings, conditional on working.

Date: 2011
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