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March 2008 EWP08/01
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Training disadvantaged youth in Latin America: evidence from a randomized trial
Type: IFS Working Papers
Authors: Orazio Attanasio, Adriana Kugler and Costas Meghir

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Youth unemployment in Latin America is exceptionally high, as much as 50% among the poor. Vocational training may be the best chance to help unemployed young people at the bottom of the income distribution. This paper evaluates the impact of a randomized training program for disadvantaged youth introduced in Colombia in 2005 on the employment and earnings of trainees.

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