Economic Impacts of Professional Training in the Informal Sector: The Case of the Labor Force Training Program in Cote D'Ivoire

27 Pages Posted: 10 Aug 2005

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Dorte Verner

World Bank - Latin America and Caribbean Region

Mette Verner

Aarhus University - Centre for Research in Social Integration and Marginalization (CIM)

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Date Written: July 2005

Abstract

This paper addresses the economic impact of the labor force training program (PAFPA) developed for the informal sector in Cote d'Ivoire. The data contain a subsample of the participants in the agricultural sector, tailoring sector, and the electronics sector and a comparable control group of nonparticipants. The data have been analyzed by use of standard program evaluation tools, namely difference-in-difference estimators, in order to detect potential program impacts. We find positive economic impacts as a result of training received for some groups, namely women, the agricultural and electronics sectors, firms employing 1-3 individuals and firms with 10 or more employees.

JEL Classification: J24, J31

Suggested Citation

Verner, Dorte and Verner, Mette, Economic Impacts of Professional Training in the Informal Sector: The Case of the Labor Force Training Program in Cote D'Ivoire (July 2005). World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3668, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=770971 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.770971

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