Are self-employment training programs effective? Evidence from Project GATE |
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| Authors: | Marios Michaelides Jacob Benus |
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| Institution: | 1. Isotope Climatology and Environmental Research Centre (ICER), Institute for Nuclear Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (ATOMKI) H-4026, Debrecen, Bem tér 18/c, Hungary;2. Laboratory for Heritage Science, Institute for Nuclear Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (ATOMKI) H-4026, Debrecen, Bem tér 18/c, Hungary;3. University of Debrecen H-4032 Debrecen, Egyetem tér 1, Hungary;4. University of Debrecen, Pál Juhász-Nagy Doctoral School of Biology and Environmental Sciences, Hungary;1. Atmospheric Research and Information Analysis Laboratory (ARIAL), Centre for Energy Research and Development (CERD), Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria;2. Department of Chemistry, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria;3. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Firenze and I.N.F.N., Via Sansone 1, 50029 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy;4. Accelerator Research Centre, Ghana Atomic Energy Agency, Accra, Ghana;1. Department of Applied Sciences, Gauhati University, Guwahati 781014, Assam, India;2. Department of Computer Science and Information Technology, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Khandagiri, Bhubaneswar 751030, Odisha, India |
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| Abstract: | We examine the efficacy of providing self-employment training to unemployed and other individuals interested in self-employment using data from Project GATE. This experimental design program offered self-employment training services to a random sample of individuals who expressed a strong interest in self-employment. We find that Project GATE was effective in helping unemployed participants to start their own business, leading to significant impacts in self-employment and overall employment soon after program entry. The program also helped unemployed participants remain self-employed and avoid unemployment even five years after program entry. However, the program was not effective in improving the labor market outcomes of participants who were not unemployed. |
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