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

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  • Jorge M. Agüero

    (University of Connecticut)

  • Francisco B. Galarza

    (Universidad del Pacífico)

  • Gustavo Yamada

    (Universidad del Pacífico)

Abstract

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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  • Jorge M. Agüero & Francisco B. Galarza & Gustavo Yamada, 2022. "Do Inclusive Education Policies Improve Employment Opportunities? Evidence from a Field Experiment," Working papers 2022-07, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics.
  • Handle: RePEc:uct:uconnp:2022-07
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    1. Jorge M. Agüero & Francisco Galarza & Gustavo Yamada, 2023. "(Incorrect) Perceived Returns and Strategic Behavior among Talented Low-Income College Graduates," AEA Papers and Proceedings, American Economic Association, vol. 113, pages 423-426, May.

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    Keywords

    Employment; inclusive education; correspondence study; discrimination;
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    JEL classification:

    • C93 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Field Experiments
    • I23 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Higher Education; Research Institutions
    • J7 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Discrimination
    • J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination

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