PIERI-12375 The Impacts of Vocational Training Programs on the Duration of Youth Unemployment in Mongolia

Abstract

Mongolia is a lower-middle income country characterized by high youth unemployment and a large informal sector. Training programs have been implemented in order to promote employment and tackle these issues. In this study, we evaluate the impact of a vocational training program (VTP) through a field experiment conducted between 2013 and 2015. This time frame allows us to explore short and medium term impacts. In particular, we focus on three outcomes of interest: employment, earnings and job quality. We find a positive and short-term impact on employment and a positive impact on monthly earnings in short and medium terms. We also show that providing information about schooling returns increases attendance and reduces dropout, which may help improve the program’s impact in no expensive ways.

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Members

Project leader: Altantsetseg Batchuluun

Project researchers: Soyolmaa Batbekh | Bayarmaa Dalkhjav | Amartuvshin Sanjmyatav | Tsogt-Erdene Baldandorj

Scientific mentors: Jose Galdo | Maria Laura Alzua

Journal publication

Authors	Co-Authors	Title of paper	Title of Economic Review	Bibliographic references
Maria Laura Alzúa	Soyolmaa Batbekh, Altantsetseg Batchuluun, Bayarmaa Dalkhjav, José Galdo	Demand-Driven Youth Training Programs: Experimental Evidence from Mongolia	World Bank Economic Review	Published online (June 2020)

Working Papers

	Title	Modified	Size	Comments	Recommendations
	Impact of short term vocational training on youth unemployment: Evidence from Mongolia	2017-03-02	507.93kB	0	0
	Demand-Driven Youth Training Programs: Experimental Evidence from Mongolia	2019-05-31	3.98MB	0	0

Policy Briefs

	Title	Modified	Size	Comments	Recommendations
	The impact of vocational training programs on youth unemployment in Mongolia	2016-10-25	259.8KB	0	0
	Mongolian version - The impact of vocational training programs on youth unemployment in Mongolia	2016-10-25	212.18KB	0	0

Final report

	Title	Modified	Size	Comments	Recommendations
		2016-09-02	1073.02KB	0	0

Proposal

	Title	Modified	Size	Comments	Recommendations
	The Impacts of Vocational Training Programs on Youth Employment in Mongolia	2013-07-14	1925.12KB	0	0