Young people lacking job-qualifying skill formation are likely to face precarious labor market conditions in the future. This might be particularly the case for youth from disadvantaged backgrounds and young women facing rigid gender norms at risk of not entering the labor force. Career guidance prior to making major career choices has the potential to alleviate these risks. We examine whether...
We investigate if changing students’ personal mindsets (by allowing them to explore their own interests), affects the way in which they acquire information about possible careers and in which they process information about higher education (formal education and vocational training). We find that students who participated in our intervention seek information about more diverse career paths, and...
Improved workforce development programs and education in general are of high priority for national governments and development cooperation to tackle the rising youth underemployment in many Sub-Saharan African countries coupled with continued population growth and increasing urbanization rates. Nevertheless, rigorous evidence of their effectiveness remains scarce and finds mixed results. We...
