The Work-To-School Transitions:Job Displacement and Skill Upgrading among Young High School Dropouts

Patrick Bennett

No 202205, Working Papers from University of Liverpool, Department of Economics

Abstract: This paper examines how and why returning to education fosters recovery from negative employment shocks among high school dropouts. High school dropout remains a problem, particularly as employment is increasingly skilled over time. Exploiting a policy expanding a Norwegian vocational certification scheme in a triple difference framework, workers displaced post-expansion certify their skills at significantly higher rates relative to those displaced preexpansion. Increases in certification post-expansion significantly reduce income losses after job loss. Certifying skills fosters recovery among early career displaced workers through the retention of relevant industry-specific human capital, which increases job stability over 20 years later

Keywords: job displacement; vocational education; unemployment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I26 J63 J65 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 94 pages
Date: 2022
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Working Paper: The Work-To-School Transition: Job Displacement and Skill Upgrading among Young High School Dropouts (2021)
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