Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/232681 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 13929
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Shall we encourage students to work while in school? We provide evidence by leveraging a one-year work-study program that randomizes job offers among students in Uruguay. Using social security data matched to over 120,000 applicants, we estimate an increase of 9% in earnings and of 2 percentage points in enrollment over the four post-program years for treated youth. Survey data indicate that enrolled participants reduce study time, but this does not translate into lower grades. Students mainly substitute leisure and household chores with work. The earnings effect is related to the work experience and the transferability of skills acquired in program jobs.
Subjects: 
student employment
randomized lottery
JEL: 
J08
J22
J24
I21
I28
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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