Abstract We investigate the effect of spells of no formal employment of young Germans on their chances of entering the labor market through an apprenticeship. We also study whether the potential negative effects of such spells can be mitigated by publicly provided training measures. In a field experiment, the fictitious applications of three young women were sent to firms advertising apprenticeships for the position of office manager. One application was from a fresh school-leaver and two from applicants who had been out of school for two years, where one of them had participated in a training measure. We find that applicants who have been out of school for two years and have participated in the training are more successful than older applicants without additional training. We do not find a significant difference between older applicants with or without training and fresh school leavers. Our findings show that training measures increase the attractiveness of applicants and that the potential stigma of spells of no formal employment after school are compensated by informal work experience or age or a combination of both.

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花点时间成长：招聘青年的现场实验

摘要我们研究了年轻德国人没有正式就业的经历对他们通过学徒进入劳动力市场的机会的影响。我们还研究了通过公开提供的培训措施是否可以减轻此类咒语的潜在负面影响。在现场实验中，将三名年轻妇女的虚构申请发送到了广告公司的学徒职位上，担任办公室经理。一份申请是从刚毕业的学校校长那里提出的，另外两份是从已经放学两年的申请人那里，其中一位参加了一项培训措施。我们发现，已经放学两年并且参加了培训的申请人比没有进行额外培训的年长申请人更成功。我们发现，经过培训或未经培训的年长申请人与离校生之间没有显着差异。我们的研究结果表明，培训措施提高了求职者的吸引力，放学后没有正式就业机会的潜在污名可通过非正式工作经验或年龄或两者的结合来弥补。