The Benefits of Early Work Experience for School Dropouts: Evidence from a Field Experiment

Jérémy Hervelin and Pierre Villedieu ()
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Pierre Villedieu: Université de Cergy-Pontoise, THEMA

No 2022-07, THEMA Working Papers from THEMA (THéorie Economique, Modélisation et Applications), Université de Cergy-Pontoise

Abstract: This paper investigates whether work experience gained through a subsidized job program can improve the employment prospects of young school dropouts. Relying on a correspondence study field experiment conducted in France, we find that the chances to be invited for a job interview are more than doubled (from 7.6 percent to 19.3 percent) when youths signal a one-year job-related experience in their résumé - either in the private or public sector; either certified or not - compared to youths who remained mainly inactive after dropping out from high school. We show that this e ect is fairly stable across firm, contract or labor market characteristics, and also when testing another channel of application where resumes were sent spontaneously to firms.

Keywords: School dropouts; Work experience; Subsidized employment; Job Interview; Field experiment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J08 J24 J71 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-eur, nep-exp and nep-lma
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