@techreport{d2acfa77a3894727a67b4fa546899338,
title = "Do inclusive education policies improve employment opportunities?: Evidence from a field experiment",
abstract = "In labor markets where disadvantaged students are discriminated against, merit-based college scholarships targeting these students could convey two opposing signals to employers. There is a positive signal reflecting the candidate{\textquoteright}s cognitive ability (talented in high-school and able to maintain a high GPA in college) as well as her soft skills (overcoming poverty). There is also a possible negative signal as the targeting of the scholarship indicates that the beneficiary comes from a disadvantaged household. We conduct a correspondence study to analyze the labor market impact of an inclusive education program. Beca 18 provides merit-based scholarships to talented poor students admitted to 3-year and 5-year colleges in Peru. We find that the positive signal dominates. Including information of being a scholarship recipient increases the likelihood of getting a callback for a job interview by 20%. However, the effect is much smaller in jobs and careers where the poor are under-represented, suggesting that the negative signal of the scholarship is not zero.",
keywords = "Programa Nacional Beca 18 (Per{\'u}), Educaci{\'o}n superior, Educaci{\'o}n inclusiva, Discriminaci{\'o}n en el trabajo, Mercado laboral, Egresados universitarios, Higher education, Inclusive education, Discrimination in employment, Labor market, Employment",
author = "Ag{\"u}ero, {Jorge M.} and Galarza, {Francisco B.} and Gustavo Yamada",
year = "2020",
month = dec,
language = "English",
series = "Documento de discusi{\'o}n",
publisher = "Universidad del Pac{\'i}fico, Centro de Investigaci{\'o}n",
number = "2001",
address = "Peru",
type = "WorkingPaper",
institution = "Universidad del Pac{\'i}fico, Centro de Investigaci{\'o}n",
}