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Yoonyoung Cho

World Bank, USA

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Author

Current position

Senior Economist, World Bank

Research interest

Labor economics, public economics, development economics, applied econometrics

Website

http://bit.ly/Cho_IZApage

Positions/functions as a policy advisor

World Bank Economist

Past positions

Visiting Professor, Hitotsubashi University, 2008; Research Fellow, Korea Development Institute, 2005–2008

Qualifications

PhD Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2005

Selected publications

  • “The Effects of International Scrutiny on Manufacturing Workers: Evidence from the Rana Plaza collapse in Bangladesh."Journal of Development Economics, 163 (2023): 103107 (with L. Bossavie and R. Heath).

  • “Entrepreneurship programs in developing countries: A meta regression analysis.” Labour Economics 28 (2014): 110-130 (with M. Honorati).

  • “How did the great recession affect different types of workers? Evidence from 17 middle income countries.” World Development 41 (2013): 31-50 (with D. Newhouse).

  • “Employer-Provided Training: Patterns and incentives for building skills for higher productivity.” In: Behrman, J., D. Robalino, and R. Almeida (eds). The Right Skills for the Job?: Rethinking Effective Training Policies for Workers. Washington, DC: World Bank Press, 2012 (with R. K. Almeida).

  • “An evaluation of a pronatal subsidy program in Korea: A quasi-experimental approach.” In: Werding, M., and T. Noriyuki (eds). Fertility and Public Policy: How to Reverse the Trend of Declining Fertility. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2011.

article(s)

  • Entrepreneurship for the poor in developing countries Updated

    Well-designed entrepreneurship programs show promise for improving earnings and livelihoods of poor workers

    Yoonyoung Cho, May 2024
    Can entrepreneurship programs be successful labor market policies for the poor? A large share of workers in developing countries are self-employed (mostly own-account workers without paid employees, often interchangeably used as micro entrepreneurs). Their share among all workers has not changed much over the past two decades in the developing world. Entrepreneurship programs provide access to finance (or assets) and advisory and networking services as well as business training with the aim of boosting workers’ earnings and reducing poverty. Programs vary in design, which can affect their impact on outcomes. Recent studies have identified some promising approaches that are yielding positive results, such as combining training and financial support.
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