Economic impacts of professional training in the informal sector: the case of the labor force training program in Cote d'Ivoire

Dorte Verner (dorteverner@yahoo.com) and Mette Verner (meve@vive.dk)

No 3668, Policy Research Working Paper Series from The World Bank

Abstract: The authors address the economic impact of the labor force training program (PAFPA) developed for the informal sector in Côte d'Ivoire. The data contain a subsample of the participants in the agricultural sector, tailoring sector, and the electronics sector, and a comparable control group of nonparticipants. The data have been analyzed using standard program evaluation tools, namely difference-in-difference estimators, in order to detect potential program impacts. The authors find positive economic impacts as a result of training received for some groups, namely women, the agricultural and electronics sectors, firms employing 1-3 individuals, and firms with 10 or more employees.

Date: 2005-07-01
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