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Entrepreneurship Training and Self-Employment among University Graduates

2012

In economies characterized by low labor demand and high rates of youth unemployment, entrepreneurship training has the potential to enable youth to gain skills and create their own jobs. This paper presents experimental evidence on a new entrepreneurship track that provides business training and personalized coaching to university students in Tunisia. Undergraduates in the final year of licence appliquee were given the opportunity to graduate with a business plan instead of following the standard curriculum. This paper relies on randomized assignment of the entrepreneurship track to identify impacts on labor market outcomes one year after graduation. The analysis finds that the entrepreneur…

DISADVANTAGED YOUTHEMPLOYMENT PROGRAMSUNIVERSITY STUDENTSFINANCIAL ANALYSISEXAMSENTREPRENEURSHIP SUPPORTPRIVATE SECTOR JOBSCLASSROOMEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIESEMPLOYMENTACTIVE LABOR MARKETHIGH UNEMPLOYMENTPERSONALITYPRESENT EVIDENCEINFORMATION ABOUT CREDITENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITIES[ SHS.EDU ] Humanities and Social Sciences/EducationWORKERSENROLLMENT RATESBUSINESS OWNERSWAGE SUBSIDYEMPLOYMENT OUTCOMESGRADUATION RATEOCCUPATIONSMENTAL HEALTHPUBLIC SECTOR JOBSLABOR MARKET OUTCOMESYOUTH TRAININGCOLLEGE GRADUATEINTERVENTIONSEARNINGSREADINGSKILLED WORKERSBUSINESS TRAININGSALARIED EMPLOYMENT[SHS.EDU]Humanities and Social Sciences/EducationCOMPETENCIESLOCAL EMPLOYMENT OFFICEVENTURE CAPITAL FIRMWORKERUNEMPLOYEDUNIVERSITY PROFESSORSPLAYINGHIGHER EDUCATIONJOB SEARCHLITERACYRECOGNITIONENTREPRENEURSHIP TRAININGSTHINKINGBUSINESS SURVIVALSURVIVAL RATESYOUTH UNEMPLOYMENTEMPLOYABILITYLABOR DEMANDUNEMPLOYMENT SPELLSATTRITIONMINIMUM WAGESKILLS DEVELOPMENTPROFITABILITYFINANCIAL LITERACYPRODUCTIVITY GROWTHENTREPRENEURSPREVIOUS SECTIONGROSS ENROLLMENTSPORTSUNIVERSITY DEGREEEMPLOYMENT STATUSLABOUREXCLUSIONYOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT RATESTART-UPHUMAN DEVELOPMENTNEW BUSINESSESYOUTH EMPLOYMENTPOST-SECONDARY EDUCATIONACADEMIC YEARACCESS TO INFORMATIONUNEMPLOYMENT RATEEMPLOYMENT RATEMINISTRIES OF EDUCATIONBUSINESS PLANLABOR ECONOMICSTELECOMMUNICATIONSJOB SATISFACTIONWAGE SUBSIDY PROGRAMSSOCIAL NETWORKYOUNG WORKERSGROSS ENROLLMENT RATESLOANProgram evaluationPRIVATE SECTOR WAGEMICROFINANCEWAGE SUBSIDIESDEVELOPMENT BANKINDIVIDUAL ENTREPRENEURSHIPComputingMilieux_THECOMPUTINGPROFESSIONGRADUATION REQUIREMENTSPRIVATE SECTOR JOBPUBLIC EMPLOYMENTATTENTIONSALARIED WORKERSKILLS TRAININGSTART-UP CAPITALLEADERSHIPGENDERADMINISTRATIVE RECORDSON-THE-JOB TRAININGFEMALE ENTERPRISEENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENTLOCAL EMPLOYMENT OFFICESLABOR FORCE SURVEYPRELIMINARY EVIDENCEEMPLOYERSGRADUATES WITH SKILLSENTREPRENEURFAMILIESTRAINING PROGRAMSEMPLOYMENT OFFICEYOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT RATESCLASSROOM TRAININGJOB OPPORTUNITIESFIRM SIZEUNDERGRADUATESJOBSCURRICULUMUNIVERSITY GRADUATESEMPLOYMENT PROGRAMPUBLIC SECTOR JOBTRAINING PROGRAMMINISTRY OF EDUCATIONTRAINING COURSEUNEMPLOYED YOUTHTRAINING COMPONENTCOMMUNITY COLLEGEENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITYEMPLOYMENT IMPACTSSelf-employmentPREVIOUS STUDIESSELF-EMPLOYMENTLACK OF ACCESSLABOR MARKETELIGIBLE STUDENTSSOCIAL COHESIONVOCATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMSCONTROL GROUPSTECHNICAL KNOWLEDGETERTIARY EDUCATIONGROWTH OPPORTUNITIESSOCIAL SECURITYLITERATURELABOR MARKET EXPERIENCETRAINING PARTICIPANTSECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICSPERSONALITY TRAITSEntrepreneurship trainingDEVELOPMENT CENTERCREDIT CONSTRAINTSEMPLOYMENT POLICIESBUSINESS PLANSOPEN ACCESSTRAINING CONTENTMICRO ENTERPRISESPAPERSWAGE EMPLOYMENTACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMSJOB OFFERSUBSTITUTION EFFECTPRIVATE SECTORCREDIT ACCESSBehavioral skill[SHS.EDU] Humanities and Social Sciences/EducationHOUSEHOLD INCOMEMICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONSYOUTH TRAINING PROGRAMTEACHINGLEARNINGACCESS TO CREDITPSYCHOLOGYACHIEVEMENTINTERNATIONAL BANKVENTURE CAPITALACCESS TO JOBSUNIVERSITIESPROGRAM BENEFICIARIESSoft skillMOTIVATIONRECALLCREDIT APPLICATIONSLABOR FORCEFINANCIAL SUPPORTBUSINESS NETWORKSMICRO FINANCEVOCATIONAL TRAININGENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLSYouth employmentENTREPRENEURSHIP TRAININGLACK OF INFORMATIONACTIVE LABOR
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The public–private sector wage gap in Latvia

2018

This study investigates the public-private sector wage gap in Latvia using microdata from the labour force survey. The severity of public sector wage cuts employed as a response to the economic crisis and subsequent recovery provides a test bed to analyse whether and how the public-private sector wage gap has adjusted after consolidation-driven wage cuts. Findings reveal that the observed wage gap is slightly in favour of the public sector; however, once differences in individual characteristics and selection effects are considered, results point to a private sector wage premium. Findings also suggest that the private sector wage premium has increased since the pre-crisis period. A signific…

Labour economicsLabour force surveypublic sector wagesmedia_common.quotation_subjectJ88WageOaxaca-Ransom decompositionMicrodata (statistics)lcsh:K4430-4675lcsh:HD72-88lcsh:Economic growth development planningpublic-private sector wage gap0502 economics and businessEconomicsddc:330050207 economicsJ31lcsh:Public finance050205 econometrics media_commonpublic–private sector wage gapbusiness.industryJ3305 social sciencesPublic sectorPrivate sectorDouble sample selectionPolitical Science and International RelationsbusinessGeneral Economics Econometrics and FinanceBaltic Journal of Economics
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