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Coding Bootcamps for Female Digital Employment : Evidence from an RCT in Argentina and Colombia / Julian Aramburu.
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (formerly "World Bank E-Library Publications") Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Aramburu, Julian.
- Series:
- Policy research working papers.
- World Bank e-Library.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Computer Science Education.
- Employment.
- Employment and Unemployment.
- Gender.
- Gender and Education.
- Gender Informatics.
- Labor Markets.
- Skills Development.
- Skills Development and Labor Force Training.
- Social Protections and Labor.
- Stem.
- Technology.
- Local Subjects:
- Computer Science Education.
- Employment.
- Employment and Unemployment.
- Gender.
- Gender and Education.
- Gender Informatics.
- Labor Markets.
- Skills Development.
- Skills Development and Labor Force Training.
- Social Protections and Labor.
- Stem.
- Technology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (55 pages)
- Other Title:
- Coding Bootcamps for Female Digital Employment
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, 2021.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- This paper evaluates the short-term causal effects of a high-quality, intensive, part-time computer coding bootcamp for women on skill acquisition and employment outcomes. Spots were offered in an oversubscribed coding course to a random subset of applicants in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Bogota, Colombia. The applicants who were chosen received a scholarship that covered most of the tuition costs of the course. Follow-up data collected shortly after the bootcamp endedindicate that the program increased participants' coding skills, as well as their probability of finding a job in technology. Compared with other jobs, technology jobs are more likely to offer flexible hours and work-from-home arrangements, and generate higher job satisfaction. These results are interpreted as an improvement in overall job quality. Moreover, the paper compares the employment situation of the sample before and during the first months of the COVID-19 outbreak. The evidence indicates that the program increased participants' resilience to a downturn in the labor market.
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