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来源类型 | Working Paper |
规范类型 | 报告 |
DOI | 10.3386/w29579 |
来源ID | Working Paper 29579 |
Information Frictions and Skill Signaling in the Youth Labor Market | |
Sara B. Heller; Judd B. Kessler | |
发表日期 | 2021-12-20 |
出版年 | 2021 |
语种 | 英语 |
摘要 | This paper demonstrates that information frictions limit the labor market trajectories of young people in the U.S. We provide credible skill signals—recommendation letters based on supervisor feedback—to a random subset of 43,409 participants in New York City’s summer jobs program. Letters increase employment the following year by 3 percentage points (4.5 percent). Earnings effects grow over 4 years to a cumulative $1,349 (4.9 percent). We find no evidence of increased job search or confidence; instead, the signals help employers better identify successful matches with high-productivity workers. But the additional work hampers on-time high school graduation, especially among low-achieving students. |
主题 | Econometrics ; Experimental Design ; Health, Education, and Welfare ; Education ; Labor Economics ; Labor Market Structures |
URL | https://www.nber.org/papers/w29579 |
来源智库 | National Bureau of Economic Research (United States) |
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资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/587253 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Sara B. Heller,Judd B. Kessler. Information Frictions and Skill Signaling in the Youth Labor Market. 2021. |
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