{"type":"script","doc_desc":{"producers":[{"name":"Reproducibility WBG","abbr":"DECDI","affiliation":"World Bank - Development Impact Department","role":"Verification and preparation of metadata"}],"prod_date":"2026-08-11","version":"1"},"project_desc":{"authoring_entity":[{"name":"Manil Nadir Zenaki","affiliation":"World Bank","email":"mzenaki@worldbank.org"},{"name":"L\u00e9a Rouanet","affiliation":"World Bank","email":"lrouanet@worldbank.org"},{"name":"Jeannie Annan","affiliation":"International Rescue Committee","email":"jeannie.annan@rescue.org"},{"name":"Clara Delavallade","affiliation":"World Bank","email":"cdelavallade@worldbank.org"},{"name":"Estelle Koussoub\u00e9","affiliation":"World Bank","email":"mkoussoube@worldbank.org"},{"name":"David K. Evans","affiliation":"Center For Global Development","email":"devans@cgdev.org"}],"title_statement":{"title":"Reproducibility package for When Aspirational Videos Meet Socio-Emotional Skills Training: Experimental Evidence From A Youth\nEmployment Program In C\u00f4te D\u2019ivoire","idno":"RR_CIV_2026_730"},"data_statement":"Some data is temporarily embargoed by the authors (expected to be made public in the future). ","software":[{"name":"Stata","version":"19.5 MP"}],"scripts":[{"title":"Reproducibility package for When Aspirational Videos Meet Socio-Emotional Skills Training: Experimental Evidence From A Youth\nEmployment Program In C\u00f4te D\u2019ivoire","date":"2026-08","notes":"Computational reproducibility verified by Development Impact (DECDI) Analytics team, World Bank.","instructions":"See README in reproducibility package.","file_name":"RR_CIV_2026_730","zip_package":"RR_CIV_2026_730.zip","dependencies":"Stata dependencies are listed in the ado folder."}],"repository_uri":[{"name":"Reproducible Research Repository (World Bank)","uri":"https:\/\/reproducibility.worldbank.org"}],"production_date":"2026-08-11","abstract":"Socio-emotional skills training is increasingly embedded in youth employment programs, often alongside aspirational content, yet evidence on how these components interact remains limited. We evaluate a randomized controlled trial with 6,023 urban out-of-school youth in C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire. Participants were assigned to a control group or to a multi-component employment program whose socio-emotional modules emphasized either intrapersonal or interpersonal skills, and were further randomized to one of two sets of aspirational videos or no video. Impacts differed substantially by gender. For women, both training packages without a video improved labor market participation, and the intrapersonal arm additionally improved sexual and reproductive health, raising contraceptive use and reducing the likelihood of being pregnant or breastfeeding. For most outcomes, we cannot reject equality between the two treatment packages. For men, effects were limited. Adding either set of videos largely eliminated women\u2019s labor market and reproductive gains, though the videos on shared-responsibilities were also associated with reductions in specific forms of violence among women and with stronger social networks among men. We find little evidence of changes in socio-emotional skills, aspirations, or gender attitudes. Qualitative evidence suggests improvements in confidence, planning, and day-to-day decision-making, while the videos appear to have increased the salience of risks and constraints facing young women. Our results suggest that a multi-component skills program can improve women\u2019s economic and reproductive outcomes, but also that seemingly complementary motivational content commonly used to reinforce training may erode these gains when increasing the salience of barriers that women remain unable to overcome.","geographic_units":[{"name":"C\u00f4te d'Ivoire","code":"CIV"}],"output":[{"type":"Working Paper","description":"Policy Research Working Papers (PRWP)","title":"When Aspirational Videos Meet Socio-Emotional Skills Training: Experimental Evidence From A Youth\nEmployment Program In C\u00f4te D\u2019ivoire"}],"language":[{"name":"English","code":"EN"}],"technology_requirements":"Run time: ~ 20 minutes","disclaimer":"The materials in the reproducibility packages are distributed as they were prepared by the staff of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development\/The World Bank. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this event do not necessarily reflect the views of the World Bank, the Executive Directors of the World Bank, or the governments they represent. The World Bank does not guarantee the accuracy of the materials included in the reproducibility package.","license":[{"name":"MIT License","uri":"https:\/\/opensource.org\/license\/mit"},{"name":"World Bank IGO Rider","uri":"https:\/\/github.com\/worldbank\/metadata-editor\/blob\/main\/WB-IGO-RIDER.md"}],"contacts":[{"name":"Manil Nadir Zenaki","affiliation":"World Bank","email":"mzenaki@worldbank.org"},{"name":"Reproducibility WBG","affiliation":"World Bank","email":"reproducibility@worldbank.org"}],"datasets":[{"name":"When Aspirational Videos Meet Socio-Emotional Skills Training: Experimental Evidence from a Youth Employment Program in C\u00f4te d'Ivoire - Baseline Survey 2022.","note":"De-identified baseline surveys for three study cohorts, collected with Innovations for Poverty Action between May 2020 and January 2022. Forthcoming in the World Bank Microdata Library (study-specific URL to be added upon deposit). File location: 1.Data\/Baseline\/all_cohorts_raw_noPII.dta.","access_type":"Data is forthcoming in the World Bank Microdata Library.","uri":"https:\/\/microdata.worldbank.org\/","citation":"Rouanet, L., Annan, J., Zenaki, M., Delavallade, C., Koussoub\u00e9, E., and Evans, D.K. 2022. \"When Aspirational Videos Meet Socio-Emotional Skills Training: Experimental Evidence from a Youth Employment Program in C\u00f4te d'Ivoire \u2014 Baseline Survey 2022\" [dataset]. World Bank Microdata Library (forthcoming)."},{"name":"When Aspirational Videos Meet Socio-Emotional Skills Training \u2013 Follow-up, Treatment Assignment, and Monitoring Data","note":"Three datasets under embargo until journal publication, after which they will be deposited in the World Bank Microdata Library. Shared privately with World Bank reproducibility reviewers solely for verification. (1) Follow-up data: de-identified follow-up surveys for three study cohorts, collected with Innovations for Poverty Action, May 2022\u2013June 2023. File location: 1.Data\/Follow_up\/all_cohorts_midline_raw_noPII.dta. (2) Treatment assignment data: treatment-assignment records, created September 2020\u2013January 2022. File location: 1.Data\/Treatment\/all_cohorts_assigned.dta. (3) Monitoring data: administrative program-monitoring records supplied by the International Rescue Committee (IRC), collected during program implementation 2020\u20132023. File location: 1.Data\/Monitoring\/all_cohorts_monitoring.dta.","access_type":"Data is forthcoming in the World Bank Microdata Library.","uri":"https:\/\/microdata.worldbank.org\/","citation":"Rouanet, L., Annan, J., Zenaki, M., Delavallade, C., Koussoub\u00e9, E., and Evans, D.K. 2022\u20132023. \"When Aspirational Videos Meet Socio-Emotional Skills Training: Experimental Evidence from a Youth Employment Program in C\u00f4te d'Ivoire \u2013 Follow-up Survey 2023; Treatment Assignment Data 2022; Monitoring Data 2023\" [datasets]. World Bank Microdata Library (forthcoming)."}],"reproduction_instructions":"To reproduce the findings in this paper, a replicator must:\n1. **Secure Access to Data:** Access the datasets not included in the package. See the Datasets section for more details.\n2. **Run the Package:** Update the working directory in line 19 of the do-file `0-master`, and run it.\n\nSince not all the data is included, the package includes the results produced by replicators. These files can be used to review the results presented in the paper.","technology_environment":"Paper exhibits were reproduced on a computer with the following specifications:\n\u2022 OS: Windows 11 Enterprise 25H2\n\u2022 Processor: Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6226R CPU @ 2.90GHz (2 processors)\n\u2022 Memory available: 16.0 GB"},"datacite":{"creators":[{"givenName":"Manil Nadir","familyName":"Zenaki","nameType":"Personal","affiliation":[{"name":"World Bank","affiliationIdentifier":"https:\/\/ror.org\/00ae7jd04","affiliationIdentifierScheme":"ROR","schemeUri":"https:\/\/ror.org"}]},{"givenName":"L\u00e9a","familyName":"Rouanet","nameType":"Personal","affiliation":[{"name":"World Bank","affiliationIdentifier":"https:\/\/ror.org\/00ae7jd04","affiliationIdentifierScheme":"ROR","schemeUri":"https:\/\/ror.org"}]},{"givenName":"Jeannie","familyName":"Annan","nameType":"Personal","affiliation":[{"name":"International Rescue Committee","affiliationIdentifier":"https:\/\/ror.org\/01981pe95","affiliationIdentifierScheme":"ROR","schemeUri":"https:\/\/ror.org"}]},{"givenName":"Clara","familyName":"Delavallade","nameType":"Personal","affiliation":[{"name":"World Bank","affiliationIdentifier":"https:\/\/ror.org\/00ae7jd04","affiliationIdentifierScheme":"ROR","schemeUri":"https:\/\/ror.org"}]},{"givenName":"Estelle","familyName":"Koussoub\u00e9","nameType":"Personal","affiliation":[{"name":"World Bank","affiliationIdentifier":"https:\/\/ror.org\/00ae7jd04","affiliationIdentifierScheme":"ROR","schemeUri":"https:\/\/ror.org"}]},{"givenName":"David K.","familyName":"Evans","nameType":"Personal","affiliation":[{"name":"Center For Global Development","affiliationIdentifier":"https:\/\/ror.org\/0068yvd12","affiliationIdentifierScheme":"ROR","schemeUri":"https:\/\/ror.org"}]}],"titles":[{"lang":"en","title":"Reproducibility package for When Aspirational Videos Meet Socio-Emotional Skills Training: Experimental Evidence From A Youth\nEmployment Program In C\u00f4te D\u2019ivoire"},{"title":"RR_CIV_2026_730","titleType":"Other"}],"publisher":"World Bank","publicationYear":"2026","types":{"resourceType":"Reproducibility package","resourceTypeGeneral":"Other"},"url":"https:\/\/reproducibility.worldbank.org\/index.php\/catalog\/study\/RR_CIV_2026_730","language":"en"},"tags":[{"tag":"DOI"},{"tag":"Open Code"},{"tag":"Restricted Data"}],"schematype":"script"}