Jordan - New Work Opportunities for Women (NOW) Pilot Impact Evaluation 2010-2013

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Reference ID JOR_2010_JNOW_v01_M_v01_A_PUF
Year 2010
Country Jordan
Producer(s) Matthew Groh - World Bank
Nandini Krishnan - World Bank
David McKenzie - World Bank, BREAD, CEPR, IZA
Tara Vishwanath - World Bank
Sponsor(s) World Bank - -
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Jul 10, 2013
Last modified
Sep 15, 2013
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Documentation

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Questionnaires
Jordan NOW Pilot Program Baseline Survey
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Country Jordan
Language English
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Jordan NOW Pilot Program Baseline Survey (Arabic)
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Country Jordan
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Jordan NOW Pilot Program Midline Survey
pdf   349.74 KB

Country Jordan
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Jordan NOW Pilot Program Midline Survey (Arabic)
pdf   590.79 KB

Country Jordan
Language Arabic
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Jordan NOW Pilot Program First Endline Survey
pdf   430.66 KB

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Jordan NOW Pilot Program First Endline Survey (Arabic)
pdf   465.38 KB

Country Jordan
Language Arabic
Download http://catalog.ihsn.org/index.php/catalog/3026/download/45372
Jordan NOW Pilot Program Second Endline Survey
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Language English
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Jordan NOW Pilot Program Second Endline Survey (Arabic)
pdf   655.41 KB

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Language Arabic
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Jordan NOW Audience Expectations - Amman, Jordan
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Language English
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Jordan NOW Audience Expectations - Paris School of Economics
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Language English
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Reports
Soft Skills or Hard Cash? The Impact of Training and Wage Subsidy Programs on Female Youth Employment in Jordan
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Author(s) Matthew Groh, Nandini Krishnan, David McKenzie, Tara Vishwanath
Date 2012-07-01
Country Jordan
Language English
Publisher(s) 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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Soft Skills or Hard Cash? What Works for Female Employment in Jordan?
pdf   4.88 MB

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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