This work explores ways policy can be designed to incentivize impoverished people to change their decision making. It proposes the retargeting of a federal apprenticeship program to 16- and 17-year-olds from low-income families who drop out of school and choose to go early into the job market in Brazil. The study focused on a large-scale intervention across multiple actors and sectors. A multiple-baseline design across settings was carried out with the intervention in 6 municipalities in 3 phases. The results show that (a) intersectoral arrangements increased the supply and demand of apprenticeship positions and (b) apprenticeship increased school attendance on average. The provision of social services could be improved through intersectoral coordination, leading to increased access to better paying jobs, increased school attendance, and improved school-to-work transition.

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促进跨部门行动以解决长期贫困和社会排斥问题

这项工作探索了如何设计政策来鼓励贫困人口改变他们的决策。它建议将联邦学徒计划重新定位到来自低收入家庭的 16 岁和 17 岁辍学并选择早日进入巴西就业市场的青少年。该研究侧重于跨多个参与者和部门的大规模干预。跨环境的多基线设计是在 6 个城市分 3 个阶段进行干预的。结果表明，(a) 跨部门安排增加了学徒职位的供需，(b) 增加了平均入学率。可以通过跨部门协调改善社会服务的提供，从而增加获得报酬更高的工作的机会，增加入学率，