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Sahel Women’s Empowerment and Demographic Dividend Project Niger: Safe Spaces and Future Husband Clubs

Researchers are partnering with the Government of Niger to evaluate the impact of empowerment clubs providing adolescents girls with life skills trainings; gender norms clubs designed to change gender-related norms among young men; or both clubs implemented in the same villages on gender norms and...
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Matching Small Firms with Apprentice Workers in Ghana

Morgan Hardy
Jamie McCasland
Researchers evaluated the effects of a national apprenticeship training program on the firms that received apprentices. Firms that received apprentices increased their profits as well as employment.
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Improving Job Matching Among Youth in Iraq

So Yoon Ahn
Rebecca Dizon-Ross
Benjamin Feigenberg
Researchers evaluated the whether providing objective information helps jobseekers target better-suited jobs.

Returns to Apprenticeship Training in Ghana

Morgan Hardy
Isaac Mbiti
Jamie McCasland
Researchers measured the impact of a government apprenticeship program for youth in Ghana on wages, employment, skills, fertility, migration, and other outcomes. The results suggest that apprenticeship programs can provide youth with skills and transition them into self-employment.
Women stand at a curb hailing a cab or rideshare car.

Ride-Hailing Services to Increase Urban Mobility in Egypt

Peter Christensen
Adam Osman
Researchers collaborated with Uber in Egypt to assess the impacts of expanding access to its ride services through price on the demand for ride-hailing and overall consumer mobility. Lowering the price of ride-hailing services increased people’s use of Uber and overall consumer mobility.
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Job Training and Matching to Increase Youth Employment in Egypt

Ahmed Elsayed
Kevin Hempel
Adam Osman
Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to determine the impact of job matching, job training, and counseling programs on youth employment in Egypt. The job training programs improved labor market outcomes such as employment, particularly for women. However, the intervention did not have a...
A woman sells fruit to another woman at a market stand while both are wearing face masks over their mouth and nose.

Cash Transfers During a Pandemic: Evidence from a Kenyan Slum

Wyatt Brooks
Kevin Donovan
Terence Johnson
Jackline Oluoch-Aridi
Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to test the impact of providing cash transfers to female entrepreneurs during the pandemic on their business outcomes and behavior. Firm profit, inventory spending, and food expenditures all increased for business owners that received the cash transfer...
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The Effects of Youth Employment: Evidence from New York City Summer Youth Employment Program Lotteries

Alexander Gelber
Adam Isen
Judd Kessler
Numerous summer jobs programs in the United States seek to support the employment of young people facing barriers to employment and opportunity. Researchers studied the impact of the New York City Summer Youth Employment Program (which used a lottery to determine participation) on youth earnings...