State of the Nation 2024
Stimulus effects Of a large public Employment Programme
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June 14th, 2024
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What effect does government spending on social programmes have on private sec- tor incomes and jobs? Policy-makers, es- pecially in developing countries with low average incomes and productivity, often perceive a trade-off between alleviating poverty and unemployment directly with social assistance and public employment programmes, versus other resource alloca- tion options intended to support economic growth and job creation with long-run ben- efits. These aims are somewhat reconciled if government social spending has broader benefits for incomes and jobs among non- beneficiaries. We study such initial stimu- lus effects from a large public employment programme in South Africa, by matching anonymized programme participants with high-frequency sales data from a major re- tailer, finding a sharp increase in spending which we show implies benefits to value added, job creation and wages.
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The Presidential Youth Employment Intervention (PYEI) has developed a Monitoring, Evaluation, Reporting and Learning framework against which data on key indicators is collected to determine how the intervention is performing against its objectives. This data is consolidated in a publicly available dashboard to improve transparency, enable learning and support continuous improvement of interventions.
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The Presidential Youth Employment Intervention (PYEI) has developed a Monitoring, Evaluation, Reporting and Learning framework against which data on key indicators is collected to determine how the intervention is performing against its objectives. This data is consolidated in a publicly available dashboard to improve transparency, enable learning and support continuous improvement of interventions.
FAQ's
The Presidential Youth Employment Intervention Frequently Asked Questions. Here, we answer your most common questions about our program designed to support young people in finding meaningful employment opportunities. Our initiative aims to provide the necessary resources, training, and guidance to help youth build successful careers.