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16. November 2011

Seminar

Can employment programs reduce poverty and social instability? Experimental evidence from a Ugandan aid program
Leibniz Seminar für Arbeitsmarktforschung (BeNA)

Termin

16. November 2011
6.30 - 8.00 pm

Ort

Berliner Büro des RWI
Hessische Straße 10
10115 Berlin

Sprecher*innen

Nathan Fiala (DIW Berlin)

Abstract: Youth unemployment is widely considered a threat to development and to security. To reduce poverty and social instability in developing countries, aid programs commonly provide youth with inputs to boost self-employment or train for a job. Such programs are rooted in two theoretical premises, one economic and one socio-political. The first is that the poor have high potential returns to investments but are constrained from reaching those returns unaided. The second belief is that increased income and employment will reduce youth alienation, aggression, and the potential for political violence. We look for evidence of these claims using an experimental study of Uganda's largest employment program.

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