The Labor Market Impacts of Youth Training in the Dominican Republic

A-Tier
Journal: Journal of Labor Economics
Year: 2011
Volume: 29
Issue: 2
Pages: 267 - 300

Authors (5)

David Card (University of California-Berke...) Pablo Ibarrarán (not in RePEc) Ferdinando Regalia (not in RePEc) David Rosas-Shady (not in RePEc) Yuri Soares (Inter-American Development Ban...)

Score contribution per author:

0.804 = (α=2.01 / 5 authors) × 2.0x A-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

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.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:ucp:jlabec:doi:10.1086/658090
Journal Field
Labor
Author Count
5
Added to Database
2026-01-25