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Student Access to Apprenticeships: Evidence from a Vignette Experiment
Author(s) -
Tobback Ilse,
Verhaest Dieter,
Baert Stijn
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
industrial relations: a journal of economy and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.61
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1468-232X
pISSN - 0019-8676
DOI - 10.1111/irel.12258
Subject(s) - apprenticeship , vignette , employability , psychology , medical education , applied psychology , social psychology , pedagogy , medicine , philosophy , linguistics
We identify the causal effects of student characteristics on the likelihood of being hired for an apprenticeship and explore the mechanisms underlying the employer’s decision. To this end, we perform a vignette experiment among human resources professionals in Belgium, focusing on less‐qualified youth. Our results indicate that students with favorable educational records and students revealing being motivated are more likely to obtain an apprenticeship. Furthermore, we find that these characteristics are used by human resources professionals as signals of trainability, employability, and quit intentions.