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Groupements de Créateurs: Encouraging Youth Entrepreneurship in France

Yann Algan
Nila Ceci-Renaud
Bruno Crépon
Elise Huillery
William Pariente
Researchers evaluated the impact of a program aiming to develop the autonomy and decision-making skills of young people interested in starting a company or organization. They found that the program had positive impacts on the employment status, income, and overall confidence of the participants.
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Evaluating Transfer Size in a Conditional Cash Transfer Program for Seasonal Migrants in Indonesia

Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to test the impact of a cash transfer program conditional on seasonal migration and an unconditional cash transfer (UCT) program on rural households’ decisions to migrate and migration season earnings in West-Timor, Indonesia. Relative to the UCT, the...
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Benchmarking Cash to an Employment Program in Rwanda

Craig McIntosh
Andrew Zeitlin
In Rwanda, researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to compare the impact of Huguka Dukore, a youth employment and training program, to that of cash grants of an equivalent value on several economic outcomes. Huguka Dukore improved hours worked, assets, savings, and subjective well-being, while...
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Household Risk Strategies and Conditional Cash Transfers in Nicaragua

Karen Macours
Patrick Premand
Renos Vakis
Researchers tested the effect of a basic CCT program, as well as two complementary interventions, on households’ vulnerability to irregular weather patterns. Providing households with vocational training or capital grants to generate non-agricultural income helps improve consumption and resilience...
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Creating Moves to Opportunity in Seattle-King County

Peter Bergman
Raj Chetty
Stefanie DeLuca
Nathaniel (Nathan) Hendren
Lawrence Katz
Christopher Palmer

Job Fairs for Employment Matching in Ethiopia

Girum Abebe
Stefano Caria
Marcel Fafchamps
Paolo Falco
Simon Franklin
Simon Quinn
Forhad Shilpi

Transport Subsidies and Job Matchmaking in South Africa

Abhijit Banerjee
Sandra Sequeira
In sub-Saharan Africa, youth unemployment is expected to reach 50 percent by 2025. One reason for high unemployment among this group is that youth may live geographically far from where many jobs are located, making traveling to search for employment difficult and expensive. Researchers conducted a...
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Tutoring and Career Counseling for High School Students in France (Talens)

Son Thierry Ly
Eric Maurin
Arnaud Riegert
If disadvantaged students lack information about their educational opportunities after high-school and the academic preparation they need to succeed in top universities, they may be less likely to apply to and attend these universities. Researchers tested the impact of a program that connected...