Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/245712 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 14661
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
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-percent) increase in employment 8 to 12 months later. While 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.
Subjects: 
short-term employment
work experience
ALMP
experiment
JEL: 
J24
J08
O15
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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