Born under a bad sign: the impact of finishing school when labour markets are weak

Mark Regan
Barra Roantree

Published on 14 September 2021

This paper provides evidence that finishing school when labour markets are weak leads to poor subsequent labour market prospects.

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

Barra Roantree

Research Fellow Trinity College Dublin

Barra is a Research Fellow at IFS and Assistant Professor of Economics at Trinity College Dublin.

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Mark Regan