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Take Your Time to Grow: A Field Experiment on the Hiring of Youths
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Abstract We investigate the effect of spells of no formal employment of young Germans on their chances of entering the labor market through an apprenticeship. We also study whether the potential negative effects of such spells can be mitigated by publicly provided training measures. In a field experiment, th... view more
We investigate the effect of spells of no formal employment of young Germans on their chances of entering the labor market through an apprenticeship. We also study whether the potential negative effects of such spells can be mitigated by publicly provided training measures. In a field experiment, the fictitious applications of three young women were sent to firms advertising apprenticeships for the position of office manager. One application was from a fresh school-leaver and two from applicants who had been out of school for two years, where one of them had participated in a training measure. We find that applicants who have been out of school for two years and have participated in the training are more successful than older applicants without additional training. We do not find a significant difference between older applicants with or without training and fresh school leavers. Our findings show that training measures increase the attractiveness of applicants and that the potential stigma of spells of no formal employment after school are compensated by informal work experience or age or a combination of both.... view less
Keywords
Federal Republic of Germany; adolescent; young adult; training; apprenticeship; career prospect; course of education
Classification
Labor Market Research
Vocational Training, Adult Education
Free Keywords
field experiment; hiring decisions; informal and formal employment
Document language
English
Publication Year
2019
Page/Pages
p. e706-e729
Journal
German Economic Review, 20 (2019) 4
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/10419/219311
ISSN
1468-0475
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications