Avaliação de Impacto do Programa Jovem Aprendiz entre os anos de 2014 e 2018

Abstract

This work analyzes a public policy in the area of the youth labor market in Brazil, in the period between 2014 and 2018 called the Young Apprentice Program. Thus, the objective of this research was to evaluate the effectiveness of a public policy through programs and projects to generate employment and income in Brazilian society in the period between 2014 and 2018. More specifically, check the impact of the Jovem Aprendiz program on the income of young people in the period between 2014 and 2018; estimate, according to observable characteristics, the probability of the young person participating or not in the program; compare young people who participated and did not participate in the young apprentice program according to observable characteristics, in addition to contributing to the literature on the evaluation of public policies. To assess the impact of this program, data from the Annual Social Information List (RAIS) was analyzed using the Propensity Score Matching method. The results found show the average effect of the treatment on those treated. It was done using Propensity Score Matching (PSM) based on microdata from RAIS from 2014 to 2018, where they were separated into young people who participated in the young apprentice program and those who did not participate. . . The research showed that young people who participated in the young apprentice program had, on average, earnings of R$3.14325 less per month than a young person in the control group, who did not participate in the young apprentice program.