R Freund
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 26112 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | R Freund |
| NOMBRES | R |
| APELLIDO | Freund |
| FIRMA | FREUND R |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Cape Town |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2721-2607 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 11 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 0 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 11 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1937 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 0 |
Digital Skills for Employment
This paper evaluates a pilot bootcamp programme in Haiti, which combined a four-month digital skills bootcamp with a subsequent internship. Despite a small sample size, using a quasi-experimental design, we find significant and positive impacts on key labour market outcomes one year after bootcamp completion. Compared to similar non-graduates, bootcamp graduates are significantly more likely to be working for pay, work as dependent employees, hol…
Digital skills for better jobs
We evaluate the impacts of an online digital skills bootcamp for youth in Peru. Using a randomized experiment and combining administrative records on formal employment with survey data, we find that the program significantly increases the probability of working in entry-level technology jobs two years post-training. While some bootcamp courses yield positive impacts on formal employment and income, others show no significant effects — resulting i…
Factors associated with mental health among young adults
This study investigates contingent and longitudinal predictors of mental health in early adulthood, using unique, harmonized panel data from the Young Lives study in Ethiopia, India, and Peru, spanning over two decades across diverse settings. It accounts for factors and events occurring during the most significant developmental stages, from infancy through childhood and adolescence. It focuses on self-reported symptoms of anxiety and depression,…
Love thy neighbour? Violent armed conflict and trust
This study investigates the effects of exposure to violent conflict on trust among young adults in Ethiopia, using novel individual-level conflict data collected via audio computer-assisted self-interviewing. Overall, we find that greater exposure to violence decreases trust towards individuals living in the same neighbourhood but has no significant effect on generalized trust or trust in individuals from other neighbourhoods. The decline in loca…
Under pressure
We examine the association between job loss and mental health among young people in Vietnam using longitudinal data from the Young Lives survey. We exploit the timing of the first severe wave of COVID-19 which occurred between rounds of a phone survey, allowing comparison of pre- and post-wave job status and mental health for the same individuals. Using fixed effects regressions, our findings suggest that job loss is associated with increased lev…
Is online job training for all? Experimental evidence on the effects of a Coursera program in Costa Rica
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) are frequently viewed as a tool for democratizing education and job training. However, their effectiveness is largely untested. We report on the first randomized evaluation of a job training program offering cost-free access to curated, short Coursera MOOCs and certificates. We find low course completion rates (10%), with males and wealthier individuals more likely to complete a course. Personalized reminders d…
Do entrepreneurial skills unlock opportunities for online freelancing? Experimental evidence from El Salvador
This paper reports on a randomized experiment in El Salvador that aimed to improve online labor market outcomes by teaching the entrepreneurial skills required to engage with online marketplaces. Despite low completion rates, we find that assignment to the training significantly increases online freelancing outcomes, such as the probability of having an online freelancing profile, the number of proposals sent, receiving at least one job offer, an…
Young Lives, Interrupted
We examine the situation of adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic in four low- and middle-income countries using data from a large-scale phone survey conducted in 2020. The survey was part of Young Lives, a 20-year longitudinal study of two cohorts of young people born in 1994 and 2001 in Ethiopia, India (Andhra Pradesh and Telangana), Peru and Vietnam. We focus on the Younger (19-year-old) Cohort, describing their experiences along multiple d…
Bewässerung im Kanton Graubünden
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Die Kleinformen der Frostmusterböden
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Zero Hour
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Zero Hour
Die Kleinformen der Frostmusterböden
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Bewässerung im Kanton Graubünden
No abstract available
Young Lives, Interrupted
We examine the situation of adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic in four low- and middle-income countries using data from a large-scale phone survey conducted in 2020. The survey was part of Young Lives, a 20-year longitudinal study of two cohorts of young people born in 1994 and 2001 in Ethiopia, India (Andhra Pradesh and Telangana), Peru and Vietnam. We focus on the Younger (19-year-old) Cohort, describing their experiences along multiple d…
Is online job training for all? Experimental evidence on the effects of a Coursera program in Costa Rica
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) are frequently viewed as a tool for democratizing education and job training. However, their effectiveness is largely untested. We report on the first randomized evaluation of a job training program offering cost-free access to curated, short Coursera MOOCs and certificates. We find low course completion rates (10%), with males and wealthier individuals more likely to complete a course. Personalized reminders d…
Do entrepreneurial skills unlock opportunities for online freelancing? Experimental evidence from El Salvador
This paper reports on a randomized experiment in El Salvador that aimed to improve online labor market outcomes by teaching the entrepreneurial skills required to engage with online marketplaces. Despite low completion rates, we find that assignment to the training significantly increases online freelancing outcomes, such as the probability of having an online freelancing profile, the number of proposals sent, receiving at least one job offer, an…
Under pressure
We examine the association between job loss and mental health among young people in Vietnam using longitudinal data from the Young Lives survey. We exploit the timing of the first severe wave of COVID-19 which occurred between rounds of a phone survey, allowing comparison of pre- and post-wave job status and mental health for the same individuals. Using fixed effects regressions, our findings suggest that job loss is associated with increased lev…
Digital Skills for Employment
This paper evaluates a pilot bootcamp programme in Haiti, which combined a four-month digital skills bootcamp with a subsequent internship. Despite a small sample size, using a quasi-experimental design, we find significant and positive impacts on key labour market outcomes one year after bootcamp completion. Compared to similar non-graduates, bootcamp graduates are significantly more likely to be working for pay, work as dependent employees, hol…
Digital skills for better jobs
We evaluate the impacts of an online digital skills bootcamp for youth in Peru. Using a randomized experiment and combining administrative records on formal employment with survey data, we find that the program significantly increases the probability of working in entry-level technology jobs two years post-training. While some bootcamp courses yield positive impacts on formal employment and income, others show no significant effects — resulting i…
Factors associated with mental health among young adults
This study investigates contingent and longitudinal predictors of mental health in early adulthood, using unique, harmonized panel data from the Young Lives study in Ethiopia, India, and Peru, spanning over two decades across diverse settings. It accounts for factors and events occurring during the most significant developmental stages, from infancy through childhood and adolescence. It focuses on self-reported symptoms of anxiety and depression,…
Love thy neighbour? Violent armed conflict and trust
This study investigates the effects of exposure to violent conflict on trust among young adults in Ethiopia, using novel individual-level conflict data collected via audio computer-assisted self-interviewing. Overall, we find that greater exposure to violence decreases trust towards individuals living in the same neighbourhood but has no significant effect on generalized trust or trust in individuals from other neighbourhoods. The decline in loca…
Economic growth (3 obras) · Economics (3 obras) · Medicine (3 obras) · Mental health (3 obras) · Art (2 obras) · Cyberloafing and Workplace Behavior (2 obras) · Digital Economy and Work Transformation (2 obras) · Geography (2 obras) · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (2 obras) · Psychology (2 obras)