Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/33225 
Year of Publication: 
2005
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 1740
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper tests whether school-to-work (STW) programs are particularly beneficial for those less likely to go to college in their absence often termed the forgotten half in the STW literature. The empirical analysis is based on the NLSY97, which allows us to study six types of STW programs, including job shadowing, mentoring, coop, school enterprises, tech prep, and internships/apprenticeships. For men there is quite a bit of evidence that STW program participation is particularly advantageous for those in the forgotten half. For these men, specifically, mentoring and coop programs increase post-secondary education, and coop, school enterprise, and internship/apprenticeship programs boost employment and decrease idleness after leaving high school. There is less evidence that STW programs are particularly beneficial for women in the forgotten half, although internship/apprenticeship programs do lead to positive earnings effects concentrated among these women.
JEL: 
I28
J15
J24
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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