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

Jordan, 2010 - 2013
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JOR_2010_JNOW_v01_M_v01_A_PUF
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Matthew Groh, Nandini Krishnan, David McKenzie, Tara Vishwanath
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Author(s) Matthew Groh, Nandini Krishnan, David McKenzie, Tara Vishwanath
Date 2012-07-01
Country Jordan
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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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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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