TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Chakravorty, Bhaskar
AU  - Arulampalam, Wiji
AU  - Bhatiya, Apurav Yash
AU  - Imbert, Clement
AU  - Rathelot, Roland
        TI  - Can Information about Jobs Improve the Effectiveness of Vocational Training? Experimental Evidence from India
        PY  - 2021/May/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 14427
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp14427
        AB  - We use a randomized experiment to evaluate the impact of providing richer information about prospective jobs to vocational trainees on their employment outcomes. The setting of the study is the vocational training program DDU-GKY in India. We find that including in the training two information sessions about placement opportunities make trainees 18% more likely to stay in the jobs in which they are placed. We provide suggestive evidence that the effect is driven by improved selection into training: as a result of the intervention, trainees that are over-optimistic about placement jobs are more likely to drop out before placement.

        KW  - skills
KW  - vocational training
KW  - on-the-job-training
KW  - dropout
KW  - rural development
KW  - job placement
        ER  -