TY  - SER
AU  - Heller, Sara B.
AU  -  Kessler, Judd B.
TI  - Information Frictions and Skill Signaling in the Youth Labor Market
SN  - 1945-7731
PB  - American Economic Journal: Economic Policy
KW  -  Child Care
KW  -  Labor Productivity
KW  -  Mechanism Design
KW  -  Public Pensions
KW  -  Wage Differentials
KW  - Human Capital
N2  - This paper provides evidence that information frictions limit the labor market trajectories of US youth. We provide credible skill signals-recommendation letters based on supervisor feedback-to a random subset of 43,409 participants in New York's summer jobs program. Letters increase employment the following year by 3 percentage points (4.5 percent). Earnings effects grow over four years to a cumulative
UR  - https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/pol.20220544
ER  -