Yts, Employment and Sample Selection Bias

Posted: 23 Jun 2006

See all articles by Niall O'Higgins

Niall O'Higgins

CSEF - University of Naples Federico II; ILO; IZA Institute of Labor Economics; CSEF - University of Naples Federico II - Centre for Studies in Economics and Finance (CSEF)

Abstract

In this paper, data from the first Youth Cohort Study (YCS) are used to analyze the effectiveness of the Youth Training Scheme (YTS) in England and Wales in terms of its impact, at an individual level, on the employment prospects of young people. The analysis goes beyond previous work in that it explicitly deals with sample selection bias and heteroscedasticity. A switching bivariate probit model is estimated and is found to be preferred to both the univariate probit model and the bivariate probit model with a YTS participation dummy. The analysis suggests that previous studies of YTS may have underestimated both the size and variability of the effect that the scheme had on participants' chances of finding employment.

Keywords: Youth employment, training, evaluation

JEL Classification: C35, J13, J18

Suggested Citation

O'Higgins, Shane Niall and O'Higgins, Shane Niall, Yts, Employment and Sample Selection Bias. Oxford Economic Papers, Vol. 46, pp. 605-628, 1994, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=910832

Shane Niall O'Higgins (Contact Author)

CSEF - University of Naples Federico II ( email )

Via John Paul II, 132
Fisciano (SA), 84084
Italy

ILO ( email )

CH-1211 Geneva 22
Switzerland

HOME PAGE: http://www.ilo.org

IZA Institute of Labor Economics

P.O. Box 7240
Bonn, D-53072
Germany

CSEF - University of Naples Federico II - Centre for Studies in Economics and Finance (CSEF) ( email )

Via Cintia
Complesso Monte S. Angelo
Naples, Naples 80126
Italy

Do you have negative results from your research you’d like to share?

Paper statistics

Abstract Views
599
PlumX Metrics