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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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Recruitment through migrant social networks from Latvia to the United Kingdom: Motivations, processes and developments

2015

A burgeoning body of literature exists in relation to the role of social networks in connecting migrant workers with employment opportunities, particularly in lower wage jobs. This evidence points to social networks being an attractive recruitment channel from the perspective of both migrants seeking employment and employers seeking employees. This analysis presents a wide breadth of original material, which examines recruitment through social networks from the perspective of both migrants and employers. This includes data drawn from an extensive mixed methods approach involving a novel online survey of Latvian migrants in the UK and face-to-face interviews with British low-wage employers. …

Labour economicsmedia_common.quotation_subjectMigrant workersGeography Planning and DevelopmentPerspective (graphical)WageLatvianlanguage.human_languagePolitical sciencelanguageLatvian labour migrants; low wage employment; migrant social networks; mixed methods; UK employersSeeking employmentDemographymedia_commonMigration Letters
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