The Difficult School-To-Work Transition of High School Dropouts: Evidence from a Field Experiment

Pierre Cahuc, Stéphane Carcillo () and Andreea Minea ()
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Stéphane Carcillo: Sciences Po
Andreea Minea: Sciences Po, Paris

No 10842, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: This paper investigates the effects of the labor market experience of high school dropouts four years after leaving school by sending fictitious resumes to real job postings in France. Compared to those who have stayed unemployed since leaving school, the callback rate is not raised for those with employment experience, whether it is subsidized or non-subsidized, in the market or non-market sector, if there is no training accompanied by skill certification. In particular, we find no stigma effect associated with subsidized or non-market sector work experience. Moreover, training accompanied by skill certification improves youth prospects only when the local unemployment rate is sufficiently low, which occurs in one fifth of the commuting zones only.

Keywords: youth; training; unemployment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J08 J60 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 56 pages
Date: 2017-06
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-eur, nep-ltv and nep-ure
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Published - pubished in: Journal of Human Resources, 2021, 56 (1), 159-183

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Journal Article: The Difficult School-to-Work Transition of High School Dropouts: Evidence from a Field Experiment (2021)
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Working Paper: The Difficult School-to-Work Transition of High School Dropouts: Evidence from a Field Experiment (2021)
Working Paper: The Difficult School-to-Work Transition of High School Dropouts: Evidence from a field experiment (2017)
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