| Country | Country: Brazil |
|---|---|
| GDP per capita | 12.880 |
| Context details | Participants lived in slums (favelas) in Rio de Janeiro, earn less than two minimum wages and were at most 29 years old |
| Age | mean: 23 |
| Implementation year | 2012 |
|---|---|
| Implementer | NGO |
| Duration (months) | 5 |
| Cost | The cost per participant is R$ 810 (USD 385) a month or R$ 4,680 (USD 2225) for the entire training. Transportation costs represent around 27% of the monthly cost |
| Intervention details | The program included basic academic skills (mathematics and Portuguese), vocational skills and work-readiness workshops using expressive arts and theatre as a pedagogical tool. . Work-readiness skills emphasized conducts and behaviors required for success in a formal workplace |
| Evaluation design | Randomized evaluation |
|---|---|
| Cluster definition | N/A |
| Sample | Outcome | Test | Source Table | Observations | Statistics on Effects |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Complete sample | Unconditional monthly income | N/A | 6 | 323 | Coeff: 47.22; SE:52.21; SD: 100.00 |
| Complete sample | Conditional monthly income | N/A | 7 | 323 | Coeff: 58.37; SE:77.28; SD: 100.00 |
| Complete sample | Conditional monthly income | N/A | 6 | 323 | Coeff: 60.93; SE:43.79; SD: 100.00 |
| Complete sample | Conditional monthly income | N/A | 7 | 323 | Coeff: 73.44; SE:56.77; SD: 100.00 |
| Complete sample | Unconditional monthly income | N/A | 7 | 323 | Coeff: 90.58; SE:62.87; SD: 100.00 |
| Complete sample | Unconditional monthly income | N/A | 7 | 323 | Coeff: 175.66; SE:76.12; SD: 100.00 |