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JOR_2010_JNOW_V01_M_V01_A_PUF
New Work Opportunities for Women (NOW) Pilot Impact Evaluation 2010-2013
Jordan
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2010 - 2013
Impact Evaluation Surveys
Central
Development Impact Evaluation (DIME)
Matthew Groh, Nandini Krishnan, David McKenzie, Tara Vishwanath
Study description
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Documentation
Download the questionnaires, technical documents and reports that describe the survey process and the key results for this study.
Questionnaires
Jordan NOW Pilot Program Baseline Survey
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Country
Jordan
language
English
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https://microdata.worldbank.org/index.php/catalog/1549/download/25363
Jordan NOW Pilot Program Baseline Survey (Arabic)
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Country
Jordan
language
Arabic
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https://microdata.worldbank.org/index.php/catalog/1549/download/25364
Jordan NOW Pilot Program Midline Survey
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Country
Jordan
language
English
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https://microdata.worldbank.org/index.php/catalog/1549/download/25365
Jordan NOW Pilot Program Midline Survey (Arabic)
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Country
Jordan
language
Arabic
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https://microdata.worldbank.org/index.php/catalog/1549/download/25366
Jordan NOW Pilot Program First Endline Survey
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Country
Jordan
language
English
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https://microdata.worldbank.org/index.php/catalog/1549/download/25367
Jordan NOW Pilot Program First Endline Survey (Arabic)
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Country
Jordan
language
Arabic
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https://microdata.worldbank.org/index.php/catalog/1549/download/25368
Jordan NOW Pilot Program Second Endline Survey
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Country
Jordan
language
English
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https://microdata.worldbank.org/index.php/catalog/1549/download/25369
Jordan NOW Pilot Program Second Endline Survey (Arabic)
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Country
Jordan
language
Arabic
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https://microdata.worldbank.org/index.php/catalog/1549/download/25370
Jordan NOW Audience Expectations - Amman, Jordan
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Country
Jordan
language
English
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https://microdata.worldbank.org/index.php/catalog/1549/download/25371
Jordan NOW Audience Expectations - Paris School of Economics
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Country
Jordan
language
English
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https://microdata.worldbank.org/index.php/catalog/1549/download/25372
Reports
Soft Skills or Hard Cash? The Impact of Training and Wage Subsidy Programs on Female Youth Employment in Jordan
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authors
Matthew Groh, Nandini Krishnan, David McKenzie, Tara Vishwanath
Date
2012-07-01
Country
Jordan
language
English
publishers
The World Bank Development Research Group Finance and Private Sector Development Team & Middle East and North Africa Region Social and Economic Development Unit
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https://microdata.worldbank.org/index.php/catalog/1549/download/25373
Soft Skills or Hard Cash? What Works for Female Employment in Jordan?
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Country
Jordan
language
English
Table of contents
Acknowledgements vii
Executive Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Executive Summary (Arabic) xiii
1. Young Jordanians Face High Rates of Unemployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
The Labor Market for Community College Graduates . 7
2. Jordan Now: A Pilot Designed to Understand the Effectiveness of Employability-Skills Training and Job Vouchers 9
Pilot Design: Interventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Selection Process 10
Implementation of the Training and Voucher Programs 12
3. A Profile of Jordan NOW Participants 15
Main Courses of Study and Most Likely Occupations 16
Plans for Work and for Job-Seeking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Empowerment and Traditional Attitudes . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
4. Job Vouchers Boost Employment in the Short-Run . . . 21
Who Used the Vouchers? Who Completed Training? . . . 21
Labor Market Outcomes . 24
5. What Happened After the Program Ended? . 27
6. What Have We Learnt? 31
Are Temporary Impacts Due to the Job Voucher Groups Losing Jobs or the
Other Groups Gaining Them? 31
Did the Interventions Just Change Who Got the Jobs or Actually Create New Jobs? . 35
Are Labor Laws Partly Responsible for the Temporary Nature of the Job? 36
7. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Annex I. Analysis 43
Annex II. Implementation . 47
Annex III. Principles for a Proposed Scale-up 63
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Other materials
Generate Variables Do File
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Country
Jordan
language
English
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https://microdata.worldbank.org/index.php/catalog/1549/download/30041
Data Analysis Do File
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Country
Jordan
language
English
Description
The do file contains Stata commands used to generate tables for "Soft Skills or Hard Cash? The Impact of Training and Wage Subsidy Programs on Female Youth Employment in Jordan" report (pp. 25-33).
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https://microdata.worldbank.org/index.php/catalog/1549/download/30042