In times of economic crisis, young people are the first to lose jobs and the last to gain them back.
found that involvement in such programmes had a number of positive outcomes for young people.
They also showed small improvements in their sense of self-esteem and self-efficacy after participating in the programmes. These are important markers of success in the context of significant difficulties that young people face, and may be important in the transition to employment in the longer term.
We found a set of crucial programme elements that boost the chances of employment for these young people.: Our research found that the programme feature with the strongest effect is matching. We show that connecting work seekers to employers was the most important programme element, and improves a candidate’s chance of finding work by 28 percentage points in the 6-30 months following their training.
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