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This paper provides evidence that finishing school when labour markets are weak leads to poor subsequent labour market prospects, particularly those leaving school at younger ages. Using administrative register data from Denmark, we find that these scarring effects are larger and more persistent for young adults from the lowest-income backgrounds.
Authors
Research Fellow Trinity College Dublin
Barra is a Research Fellow at IFS and Assistant Professor of Economics at Trinity College Dublin.
Mark Regan
Working Paper details
- DOI
- 10.1920/wp.ifs.2021.2821
- Publisher
- Institute for Fiscal Studies
Suggested citation
Regan, M and Roantree, B. (2021). Born under a bad sign: the impact of finishing school when labour markets are weak. London: Institute for Fiscal Studies. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/born-under-bad-sign-impact-finishing-school-when-labour-markets-are-weak (accessed: 13 May 2024).
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