Mentoring disadvantaged youths during school-to-work transition: evidence from Germany

Bernhard Boockmann () and Sebastian Nielen

VfS Annual Conference 2016 (Augsburg): Demographic Change from Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association

Abstract: In the German school and vocational education systems, there is a wide range of support measures during school-to-work transition. We analyze a novel program providing mentoring to low-achieving school leavers as a bridge between different stages and different institutional systems in secondary and post-secondary education. Using high-quality survey and administrative data and propensity score matching, we find some positive effects on the probability of transiting into the dual vocational education system in the intermediate run. Higher program intensity leads to larger treatment effects. Contrary to the goals of the program, however, there is only weak evidence that it accelerates transitions into vocational training immediately after leaving school.

JEL-codes: I21 I28 J24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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Working Paper: Mentoring Disadavantaged Youths during School-to-work Transition: Evidence from Germany (2016)
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