Abstract

Vocational and business training to improve women's labour market outcomes in low‐ and middle‐income countries: a systematic review

Highlights

  • ObjectivesThe primary objective of this review is to synthesize the evidence on the effects of vocational and business training programmes that aim to improve women’s labour market outcomes

  • A quality appraisal of the included qualitative studies was carried out using an adaptation of the nineitem Qualitative Research Checklist, which was developed by the Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP)

  • The quantitative evidence suggests that vocational training had positive but small effects on employment, formal employment, and earnings

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Summary

Objectives

The primary objective of this review is to synthesize the evidence on the effects of vocational and business training programmes that aim to improve women’s labour market outcomes. The search was conducted from July to September 2015, and from July to September 2016. We included studies published in English or Spanish and conducted after 1990 that examined the impact of vocational and business training programmes that aim to increase women’s participation in higher skilled occupations on labour market outcomes. To be included in the review, studies had to measure the impact of vocational and business training programmes that aimed to increase the skill levels of the disadvantaged, unemployed, or underemployed; fostered entrepreneurship to expand employment; and increased women’s income prospects

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