Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/334687 
Year of Publication: 
2025
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 18272
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We study how the design of vocational skill training programs impacts labor market outcomes, including occupational choice. Women applicants to skill training centres in India are randomized into either a vocational training (VT) program that combines sector-specific hard skills with on-the-job training, or VT plus Project-Based Experiential Learning that incorporates digital skills (VTP), or a control group which is not enrolled into any skill training. Almost a year after the start of the intervention, the nature of employment shifts towards the women's preferred sector, leading to higher self-employed work and earnings therein. These positive effects are observed only for the VTP group, whose usage of social media for business purposes increases due to the intervention. At the same time, satisfaction levels of women assigned to VTP training rise on multiple dimensions. Our findings highlight the role of complementary sector-specific skills in enhancing the impact of vocational training.
Subjects: 
vocational skilling
digital skills
on-the-job training
self-employment
women
India
JEL: 
J24
J44
J62
I31
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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