This paper estimates the effects of a youth training program in Bangladesh on labor market outcomes. The program, organized as a randomized controlled trial, provides on-the-job and classroom training to disadvantaged unemployed youth. ITT results show that six months after the intervention, on-the-job training increases labor market participation by 16 percentage points and earnings by 23%. The effect on employment declines in the long-run, after 22 months, but the effect on earnings is sustained as the program induces a shift from casual work to wage employment. Adding classroom training over on-the-job training has no short term effect on aggregate employment and earnings but it has more sustained effect.

本文估计了孟加拉国的青年培训计划对劳动力市场成果的影响。该计划以随机对照试验的形式组织，为处境不利的失业青年提供在职和课堂培训。ITT的结果显示，干预六个月后，在职培训使劳动力市场参与度提高了16个百分点，收入提高了23％。从长期来看，对就业的影响在22个月后有所下降，但由于该计划导致从临时工作转向有薪工作，对收入的影响得以持续。在职培训中增加课堂培训不会对总就业和收入产生短期影响，但会产生更持久的影响。