The Impact of Short-Term Employment for Low-Income Youth: Experimental Evidence from the Philippines
中文摘要
我们利用一项随机田野实验, 检验短期工作经历对菲律宾弱势在校青年就业与入学的影响。该经历使八至十二个月后的就业提高了4.4个百分点(79%)。尽管我们未发现入学率的总体上升, 但同样未发现就业增加将青年挤出学校。我们的结果与工作经历作为申请人不可观测质量信号的解释最为一致, 这些发现凸显了临时工作作为低收入青年就业跳板的作用。
Abstract
Abstract We use a randomized field experiment to test the causal impact of short-term work experience on employment and school enrollment among disadvantaged, in-school youth in the Philippines. This experience leads to a 4.4 percentage point (79%) increase in employment eight to twelve months later. Although we find no aggregate increase in enrollment, we also do not find that the employment gains push youth out of school. Our results are most consistent with work experience serving as a signal of unobservable applicant quality, and these findings highlight the role of temporary work as a stepping stone to employment for low-income youth.