The Difficult School-to-Work Transition of High School Dropouts: Evidence from a field experiment

Pierre Cahuc, Carcillo, Stéphane and Andreea Minea

No 12120, CEPR Discussion Papers from C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

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 unemployment; Training; Job subsidies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J60 J68 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017-06
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-eur, nep-lab, nep-ltv and nep-ure
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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 (2017)
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