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Persistent Impacts of Improved Apprenticeship Training Quality

  • Morgan Hardy
  • Isaac Mbiti
  • Jamie McCasland
AEA Papers and Proceedings
vol. 116, May 2026
(pp. 190–194)
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Abstract

Previous experimental research had shown that financial incentives to training providers could improve skill acquisition and earnings outcomes for trainees in an apprenticeship program in Ghana. However, it is unclear if these short-run impacts persist or fade away. In this paper, we conduct a seven-year follow-up and find that individuals who trained with incentivized trainers continue to earn more than their counterparts in the longer run. We use causal mediation analysis to explore potential mechanisms underlying the persistence result and conclude that further research will be needed to better understand the factors driving this result.

Citation

Hardy, Morgan, Isaac Mbiti, and Jamie McCasland. 2026. "Persistent Impacts of Improved Apprenticeship Training Quality." AEA Papers and Proceedings 116: 190–194. DOI: 10.1257/pandp.20261029

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JEL Classification

  • G51 Household Finance: Household Saving, Borrowing, Debt, and Wealth
  • I21 Analysis of Education
  • J24 Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
  • J31 Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
  • J46 Informal Labor Markets
  • M53 Personnel Economics: Training
  • O15 Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration