Assessing Youth Labor Market Interventions: Past, Present and Future

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Chair:
Amy Ellen Schwartz
, Syracuse University

Why Don’t Firms Hire Young Workers During Recessions?

Eliza Forsythe
,
University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign

Do Youth Employment Programs Work?

Anna Aizer
,
Brown University and NBER
Shari Eli
,
University of Toronto and NBER
Adriana Lleras-Muney
,
University of California-Los Angeles
Keyoung Lee
,
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

The Effect of Letters of Recommendation in the Youth Labor Market

Sara Heller
,
University of Michigan
Judd B. Kessler
,
University of Pennsylvania

What’s in a Job? Evaluating the Effect of Private Sector Summer Employment on Post-Secondary Outcomes

Urbashee Paul
,
Northeastern University
Alicia Sasser Modestino
,
Northeastern University
Discussant(s)
Harry Holzer
,
Georgetown University
Martha Bailey
,
University of California-Los Angeles
David Deming
,
Harvard University
Joshua Goodman
,
Boston University