Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/282734 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 16607
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We analyze the causal influence a positive reputation shock for a particular occupation may have on career choice. The measure of the positive reputation shock is the unpredictable event that a young adult from one's own country wins a (gold) medal in a particular occupation at the World Skills - the world championship of vocational skills. In an occupation with a gold medal won, searches for apprenticeship vacancies increase significantly by around 7 percent compared to occupations that do not win a competition. In occupations where only a silver or bronze medal is awarded, the effect is also positive and statistically significant, but less pronounced. More importantly, the increase in searches for apprenticeship vacancies in the current year has also led to around 2.5 percent more contracts being signed in the winning occupation, and there are indications that these apprenticeships have a better match between employers and employees (trainees).
Subjects: 
role models
reputation shock
career choice
labor supply
apprenticeship
JEL: 
I21
J22
J24
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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