Do Inclusive Education Policies Improve Employment Opportunities? Evidence from a Field Experiment about Peru

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Relatore
Jorge Aguero - University of Connecticut
Data e ora
mercoledì 30 novembre 2022 alle ore 12.00
Referente
Data pubblicazione
10 settembre 2022
Dipartimento
Scienze Economiche  

Riassunto

We study the employment opportunity of a college scholarship for high-achieving, low-income students in a labor market where disadvantaged groups are discriminated against. Using a correspondence audit-study we find that including information of being a scholarship recipient in a resume increases the likelihood of getting a callback for a job interview by 20%. However, the effects are much smaller in jobs and careers where the poor are under-represented. We show that this is consistent with the scholarship also sending a negative signal to employers and helps explain why actual beneficiaries almost never mention the scholarship in their resumes.

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