Schwartz, Amy Ellen; Leos-Urbel, Jacob; McMurry, Joel; … - In: Quantitative Economics 12 (2021) 2, pp. 477-504
This paper examines New York City's Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP). SYEP provides jobs to youth ages 14-24, and due to high demand for summer jobs, allocates slots through a random lottery system. We match student-level data from the SYEP program with educational records from the NYC...
