Unlocking young women’s potential? The impact of a low-cost career guidance program

Societal expectations and gender norms constrain young people’s career planning, particularly for girls, limiting the role of personal interests in skill-building decisions. This study evaluates a low-cost, 10-hour career exploration intervention through a pre-registered, school-level, clustered ran...

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Vydáno v:Journal of development economics Ročník 179; s. 103662
Hlavní autoři: Asri, Ankush, Asri, Viola, Hoeffler, Anke
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Elsevier B.V 01.02.2026
Témata:
Career choices
Female labor force participation
Gender norms
India
O15
Female labor force participation
Gender norms
C93
I26
J13
J16
Career choices
O10
India
ISSN:0304-3878
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Shrnutí:Societal expectations and gender norms constrain young people’s career planning, particularly for girls, limiting the role of personal interests in skill-building decisions. This study evaluates a low-cost, 10-hour career exploration intervention through a pre-registered, school-level, clustered randomized controlled trial with over 6,000 primarily female students in urban India. The program improved future planning and increased the importance students placed on personal interests in career choices. However, there is no evidence of medium-term impacts on educational or skill-building investments. These findings suggest that while scalable interventions can shift aspirations and planning, structural barriers constrain longer-term behavioral change.
ISSN:0304-3878
DOI:10.1016/j.jdeveco.2025.103662