2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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abstract: 'We study two interventions for poor and underemployed Ethiopian youth:
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a
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\$300 grant to spur self-employment, and a job offer to an industrial
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firm. Each one is designed to help overcome two common barriers to
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employment: financial market imperfections and matching frictions. We
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find significant impacts on occupational choice, income, and health in
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the first year. After five years, however, we see no evidence of long
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run effects of either intervention. The grant led short-run increases in
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self-employment, productivity and earnings, but these appear to
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dissipate over time as recipients exit their businesses. Worrisomely,
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offers of factory work had no effect on employment or earnings, but led
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to serious adverse effects on health after one year. Evidence of these
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effects is gone after five years as well, however. These results point
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to convergence in most outcomes, and suggest that one-time and
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one-dimensional interventions may struggle to overcome barriers to wage-
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or self-employment.'
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affiliation: 'Blattman, C (Corresponding Author), Univ Chicago, Harris Publ Policy,
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1307 E 60th SL,Room 2009, Chicago, IL 60637 USA.
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Blattman, C (Corresponding Author), NBER, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA.
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Blattman, Christopher, Univ Chicago, Harris Publ Policy, 1307 E 60th SL,Room 2009,
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Chicago, IL 60637 USA.
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Blattman, Christopher, NBER, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA.
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Dercon, Stefan, Univ Oxford, Ctr Study African Econ, Dept Econ, Woodstock Rd, Oxford
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OX2 6GG, England.
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Dercon, Stefan, Univ Oxford, Blavatnik Sch Govt, Radcliffe Observ Quarter, Woodstock
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Rd, Oxford OX2 6GG, England.
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Franklin, Simon, Queen Mary Univ London, Sch Econ, Mile End Rd, London E1 4NS, England.'
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article-number: '102807'
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author: Blattman, Christopher and Dercon, Stefan and Franklin, Simon
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author-email: 'blattman@uchicago.edu
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stefan.dercon@qeh.ox.ac.uk
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s.franklin@qmul.ac.uk'
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author_list:
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- family: Blattman
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given: Christopher
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- family: Dercon
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given: Stefan
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- family: Franklin
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given: Simon
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2021.102807
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earlyaccessdate: FEB 2022
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eissn: 1872-6089
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files: []
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issn: 0304-3878
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journal: JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
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keywords: 'Entrepreneurship; Cash transfers; Wage labor; Factories; Employment;
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Poverty; Occupational choice; Health; Field experiment'
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keywords-plus: EMPLOYMENT; TRANSFERS; RETURNS; POVERTY; WAGES; RISK
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language: English
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month: MAY
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number-of-cited-references: '50'
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papis_id: 52ecfedf93cdf1b5f1ae8b29618c403d
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ref: Blattman2022impactsindustrial
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times-cited: '2'
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title: 'Impacts of industrial and entrepreneurial jobs on youth: 5-year experimental
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evidence on factory job offers and cash grants in Ethiopia'
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2023-10-01 08:15:07 +00:00
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type: article
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2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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unique-id: WOS:000772292600004
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usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
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usage-count-since-2013: '6'
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volume: '156'
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web-of-science-categories: Economics
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year: '2022'
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