We study a mentoring program that aims to improve the labor-market prospects of schoolattending adolescents from disadvantaged families by offering them a university-student mentor. Our RCT investigates program effectiveness on three outcome dimensions that are highly predictive of adolescents'...

Michael Kalinowski und Harald Pfeifer, Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung, sehen in dem Anstieg der Zahl junger Erwachsener ohne formalen Berufsabschluss ein Problem. Eine Reduzierung könne nur durch eine verstärkte Einbindung schwächerer Jugendlicher in das Ausbildungssystem gelingen. So...

Wie lassen sich die Arbeitsmarktchancen von Jugendlichen aus stark benachteiligten Verhältnissen verbessern? Ein möglicher Ansatz sind Mentoring-Programme, die den Jugendlichen ehrenamtliche Student*innen zur Unterstützung an die Seite stellen. Aber helfen solche Programme wirklich? Dies...

Although many U.S. state policies presume that human capital is important for state economic development, there is little research linking better education to state incomes. In a complement to international studies of income differences, we investigate the extent to which quality-adjusted...

Although many U.S. state policies presume that human capital is important for state economic development, there is little research linking better education to state incomes. In a complement to international studies of income differences, we investigate the extent to which quality-adjusted...

There is limited existing evidence justifying the economic case for state education policy. Using newly-developed measures of the human capital of each state that allow for internal migration and foreign immigration, we estimate growth regressions that incorporate worker skills. We find that...

There is limited existing evidence justifying the economic case for state education policy. Using newly-developed measures of the human capital of each state that allow for internal migration and foreign immigration, we estimate growth regressions that incorporate worker skills. We find that...

How can the labor-market prospects of school-attending adolescents from disadvantaged families be improved? One possible approach is the use of mentoring programs that assign adolescents a mentor who can provide them with support that their family environment is not able to provide. But do such...