Tackling Youth Unemployment through Vocational Training and Apprenticeships

This study finds that vocational training and apprenticeships both raise employment of poor Ugandan youth

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Published: 1 March 2018

• Country: Uganda
• Document Type: Research Paper
• Theme: Economic Growth
• Authors: Alfonsi, L, Bandiera, O, Bassi, V, Burgess, R, Rasul, I, Sulaiman, M, Vitali, A

Abstract

This study finds that vocational training and apprenticeships both raise employment of poor Ugandan youth, but vocational training provides general skills that foster mobility and result in higher earnings.

This research was funded under the Private Enterprise Development in Low Income Countries (PEDL) Programme

Citation

Alfonsi, L., Bandiera, O., Bassi, V., Burgess, R., Rasul, I., Sulaiman, M. and Vitali, A. (2018) “Tackling Youth Unemployment through Vocational Training and Apprenticeships

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Published 1 March 2018