Brandily, Paul, Mvukiyehe, Eric, Smets, Lodewijk, van der Windt, Peter and Verpoorten, Marijke (2024) From workfare to economic and sociopolitical stability? Evidence from a randomized trial in Eastern Congo. World Bank Economic Review. ISSN 0258-6770
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Did a workfare program in Eastern Congo have a lasting impact on economic and sociopolitical outcomes? Men and women in Eastern Congo were randomly assigned to 2,674 four-month job offers, or to the job offer plus a savings incentive, hard-skills training, or both. Eighteen months after the program, labor market and savings outcomes have improved, but there is no change across 12 other economic and sociopolitical outcome families. Regarding labor market outcomes, the most intensive treatment—the job offer plus the savings incentive and hard-skills training—outperforms treatments with only one add-on. This indicates that the savings incentive and hard-skills training, when combined, can create a synergistic impact greater than the sum of their individual effects. The results are mainly driven by female beneficiaries, who start at much lower levels of labor market participation and earnings than men.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | © 2024 International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank |
| Divisions: | Centre for Economic Performance |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Nov 2024 17:39 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Nov 2024 17:42 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/125944 |
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