Mentoring Improves the School-to-work Transition of Disadvantaged Adolescents

Sven Resnjanskij, Jens Ruhose, Katharina Wedel, Simon Wiederhold () and Ludger Woessmann

EconPol Forum, 2024, vol. 25, issue 01, 25-28

Abstract: Mentoring programs can strongly improve the transition from school to work for disadvantaged adolescents Results from our field experiment indicate that a German mentoring program markedly boosts school achievement, patience, and labor-market orientation of students from highly disadvantaged backgrounds The effects on math grades and labor-market orientation extend beyond the end of the program Three years after program start, the mentoring program substantially increases the share of disadvantaged adolescents who start an apprenticeship, a vital step for success in the German labor market The results show that substituting a lack of family support with other adults can help disadvantaged children in adolescence

Date: 2024
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