Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/284108 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Citation: 
[Journal:] EconPol Forum [ISSN:] 2752-1184 [Volume:] 25 [Issue:] 1 [Year:] 2024 [Pages:] 25-28
Publisher: 
CESifo GmbH, Munich
Abstract: 
Mentoring programs can strongly improve the transition from school to work for disadvantaged adolescents. Results from our field experiment indicate that a German mentoring program markedly boosts school achievement, patience, and labor-market orientation of students from highly disadvantaged backgrounds. The effects on math grades and labor-market orientation extend beyond the end of the program. Three years after program start, the mentoring program substantially increases the share of disadvantaged adolescents who start an apprenticeship, a vital step for success in the German labor market. The results show that substituting a lack of family support with other adults can help disadvantaged children in adolescen.
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Article

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