youth
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How skills training can boost entrepreneurship and job creation: Evidence from Uganda
A mini-MBA programme for high-school students led to significant gains in profits, business capital investments, new businesses, and job creation
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Looking for work: Evidence from the Ugandan labour market
While vocational training helps young job seekers find work, overconfidence in finding a job has important long-term effects on job-seeking behaviour
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Helping young Ethiopians find jobs
What are the barriers that hinder young people from getting jobs in Ethiopia and how can they be overcome?
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Do job training programmes work?
The design and incentives of work programmes need to be aligned with the skills demanded by participating firms and the labour market at large
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Tackling youth unemployment
Vocational training programmes, rather than apprenticeships, make it easier for youth in Uganda to move between firms and out of unemployment.