abstract: 'This study presents the outcomes of a technical and life-skills training

  program in Mexico aimed to help women from low socioeconomic status

  (SES) find formal employment in sales, retail, and/or customer service.

  To determine the extent to which the program reached its target

  population and its impacts, researchers analyzed a national database of

  over sixty-eight thousand Mexican beneficiaries from 2016 to 2020 and

  conducted telephone surveys with a representative sample of women

  beneficiaries in Veracruz. Results from the national-level analysis of

  5,326 women participants identified as low SES indicate that 23 \% found

  better economic and educational opportunities. The state-level analysis

  of 94 low SES women in Veracruz was higher, with 40 \% reporting to have

  found better opportunities; of those who reported salary information,

  roughly half improved their income. Lessons learned are discussed

  regarding reaching target populations and the potential of job training

  programs in developing countries.'
affiliation: 'Worthman, SS (Corresponding Author), Tecnol Monterrey, Monterrey, NL,
  Mexico.

  Worthman, Shaye S.; Rueda-Barrios, Adriana, Tecnol Monterrey, Monterrey, NL, Mexico.'
author: Worthman, Shaye S. and Rueda-Barrios, Adriana
author-email: 'shaye.worthman@gmail.com

  ruedabarriosadriana@gmail.com'
author_list:
- family: Worthman
  given: Shaye S.
- family: Rueda-Barrios
  given: Adriana
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.26754/ojs\_ried/ijds.618
files: []
issn: 2254-2035
journal: IBEROAMERICAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES
keywords: 'job training; economic empowerment; gender inequality; Mexico; Latin

  America'
keywords-plus: LABOR; EMPLOYMENT; EDUCATION; OUTCOMES; BELIEFS; IMPACTS; POLICY; YOUTH
language: English
month: JAN-JUN
number: '1'
number-of-cited-references: '58'
orcid-numbers: Rueda, Adriana/0000-0003-0653-9085
pages: 182-202
papis_id: 11b4b24a8d5633dfbba7c5c1c0363db3
ref: Worthman2022economicopportunitie
researcherid-numbers: 'Rueda, Adriana/GRS-5576-2022

  '
times-cited: '0'
title: 'Economic opportunities for Mexican women from low socioeconomic status: results
  from a technical and life skills training program'
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000797345800009
usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
usage-count-since-2013: '4'
volume: '11'
web-of-science-categories: Development Studies
year: '2022'