|**Table 2: Balance and Summary Statistics**<br>Full E|xperimen|tal Sample|B|aseline S|ample|F|ollow-up|Sample|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||Control|Treatment||Control|Treatment||Control|Treatment|
||Mean|Difference||Mean|Difference||Mean|Difference|
|N|SD|Sd E|N|SD|Sd E|N|SD|Sd E|
||(..)|(t. rror)||(..)|(t. rror)||(..)|(t. rror)|
|_Course Characteristics_|||||||||
|Course length (days)<br>5877|56.5<br>|-0.005<br>|5284|56.4<br>|0.038<br>|5507|56.4<br>|-0.044<br>|
||(23.4)|(0.073)||(23.2)|(0.082)||(23.4)|(0.071)|
|Course length (hours)<br>5877|336<br>|0.066<br>|5284|334<br>|0.246<br>|5507|335<br>|-0.241<br>|
||(151)|(0.453)||(150)|(0.506)||(151)|(0.439)|
|Private Provider<br>5899|0.349|0.000|5305|0.347|0.001|5526|0.351|0.000|
||(0.477)|(0.002)||(0.476)|(0.002)||(0.477)|(0.002)|
|Accounting course<br>5877|0.242|0.000|5284|0.240|-0.000|5507|0.244|0.000|
||(0.428)|(0.002)||(0.427)|(0.002)||(0.429)|(0.002)|
|Professional course<br>5877|0.122|-0.001|5284|0.116|-0.000|5507|0.120|-0.001|
||(0.328)|(0.001)||(0.320)|(0.001)||(0.325)|(0.001)|
|Craftsman course<br>5877|0.156|-0.000|5284|0.155|-0.000|5507|0.158|-0.000|
||(0.363)|(0.001)||(0.362)|(0.001)||(0.364)|(0.001)|
|Technical course<br>5877|0.147|0.000|5284|0.148|-0.000|5507|0.144|0.001|
||(0.354)|(0.001)||(0.356)|(0.001)||(0.351)|(0.001)|
|Service course<br>5877|0.211|0.001|5284|0.217|0.000|5507|0.211|0.000|
||(0.408)|(0.001)||(0.413)|(0.001)||(0.408)|(0.001)|
|Course in Istanbul<br>5902|0.220|-0.000|5308|0.217|-0.001|5529|0.211|0.000|
||(0.414)|(0.001)||(0.412)|(0.001)||(0.408)|(0.001)|
|_Individual Characteristics (administrative_|_data)_||||||||
|Female<br>5902|0.617|-0.000|5308|0.629|-0.002|5529|0.623|-0.001|
||(0.486)|(0.002)||(0.483)|(0.002)||(0.485)|(0.002)|
|Age<br>5902|27.0|-0.041|5308|27.1|-0.089|5529|27.0|-0.058|
||(7.2)|(0.109)||(7.2)|(0.116)||(7.2)|(0.113)|
|At least high school<br>5902|0.725|-0.004|5308|0.724|-0.005|5529|0.724|-0.004|
||(0.447)|(0.009)||(0.447)|(0.009)||(0.447)|(0.009)|
|_Individual characteristics (baseline data)_|||||||||
|Years of education|||5255|11.3|-0.005|5008|11.3|0.014|
|||||(3.3)|(0.069)||(3.3)|(0.071)|
|H d i tii|||5308|0264|0007|5057|0265|0008|
|as one prevous ranng course||||.|-.||.|-.|
|||||(0.441)|(0.012)||(0.441)|(0.012)|
|Household head|||5276|0.134|-0.000|5027|0.133|-0.003|
|||||(0.340)|(0.008)||(0.340)|(0.008)|
|Household size|||5308|4.09|0.024|5057|4.10|0.011|
|||||(1.57)|(0.040)||(1.57)|(0.040)|
|Married|||5033|0.346|0.004|4797|0.351|0.002|
|||||(0.476)|(0.011)||(0.478)|(0.012)|
|Ever employed|||5308|0.631|-0.021*|5057|0.626|-0.020|
|||||(0.483)|(0.012)||(0.484)|(0.013)|
|Total years working for pay|||5277|3.38|0.006|5027|3.33|0.006|
|Note: Standard errors are robust standard<br>respectively. Standard errors based on re|errors. *<br>gression|, **, and *** i<br>with controls|ndicate<br>for cou|(4.91)<br>significa<br>rse*gend|(0.111)<br>nce at the 10<br>er*age group|, 5 and<br>lotteri|(4.88)<br>1 percent<br>es applie|(0.113)<br>levels<br>d for.|

Note: Standard errors are robust standard errors. *, **, and *** indicate significance at the 10, 5 and 1 percent levels respectively. Standard errors based on regression with controls for course*gender*age group lotteries applied for. Sample sizes for the follow-up data for the individual characteristics measured at baseline are for the sample interviewed at both baseline and follow-up - there are also individuals interviewed at follow-up but not at baseline.

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