Data and Code for: The Effects of Working while in School: Evidence from Employment Lotteries

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Thomas Le Barbanchon, Bocconi University; Diego Ubfal, World Bank; Federico Araya, MLSS

Version:  View help for Version V1

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Project Citation: 

Le Barbanchon, Thomas, Ubfal, Diego, and Araya, Federico. Data and Code for: The Effects of Working while in School: Evidence from Employment Lotteries. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2022. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2022-12-08. https://doi.org/10.3886/E151261V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary Does working while in school smooth students' transition into the labor market? We provide evidence on this question by leveraging a one-year work-study program that randomized job offers among over 90,000 student applicants in Uruguay. Program rules forbade employers from employing participants in the same job after program completion, and less than 5 percent of participants ever worked in the same firm again. Two years after the program, participants had 8 percent higher earnings. Our results suggest that the program's focus on work-related skills was a key mechanism for earnings impacts.
Funding Sources:  View help for Funding Sources J-PAL Skills for Youth Program (SYP); LEAP-Bocconi

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms randomized lotteries; student employment
JEL Classification:  View help for JEL Classification
      I20 Education and Research Institutions: General
      J01 Labor Economics: General
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage Uruguay
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 2016 – 2017
Collection Date(s):  View help for Collection Date(s) 11/2017 – 12/2017 (for survey data)
Universe:  View help for Universe Uruguyan students who applied for the work-study program "Yo Estudio y Trabajo".
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) survey data

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