An empirical analysis of the effects of student work and academic performance on the probability of employment

Bartolj, Tjaša (avtor), Polanec, Sašo (avtor)

The theoretical relationship between student work and post-college probability of employment is ambiguous, due to the opposing direct and indirect effects on human capital accumulation. Student work may on one hand lower academic performance and thus harm the likelihood of getting a job, while on the other hand enabling students to acquire skills that increase their labour market odds. In this paper, we provide an answer to the question, whether the policy should encourage or limit student work, by using rich data which allow us to compare the effects of the two investments in human capital on the likelihood of employment. We use personal characteristics, socio-economic background, and academic performance in the propensity score matching to calculate the differences in the probability of employment for different amounts of student work. We find that only work experiences up to two years have a beneficial effect on employment prospects, while much larger effects are observed for improvements in educational attainment, like graduation and improvement in GPA. In the end, our results provide support for setting limits to the extent of student work during college, but certainly not for its prohibition.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: education, employment, student work, labour market, student work experience, academic performance, probability of employment, propensity score matching
• Vrsta gradiva: Članek v reviji
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: EF - Ekonomska fakulteta
• Status publikacije: Objavljeno
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Leto izida: 2021
• Št. strani: Str. 26-39
• Številčenje: Vol. 23, iss. 1 (art. 3)
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-127971
• UDK: 331.5
• ISSN pri članku: 2335-4216
• DOI: 10.15458/2335-4216.1003
• COBISS.SI-ID: 68172035
• Datum objave v RUL: 30.06.2021

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: Economic and business review
• Založnik: Ekonomska fakulteta
• ISSN: 2335-4216
• COBISS.SI-ID: 268649216

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva-Nekomercialno-Brez predelav 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.sl
• Opis: Najbolj omejujoča licenca Creative Commons. Uporabniki lahko prenesejo in delijo delo v nekomercialne namene in ga ne smejo uporabiti za nobene druge namene.
• Začetek licenciranja: 15.06.2021

Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: izobrazba, zaposlovanje, študentsko delo, trg dela

Projekti

• Financer: ARRS - Agencija za raziskovalno dejavnost Republike Slovenije
• Program financ.: Raziskovalni program
• Številka projekta: P5-0096
• Naslov: Razvojna strategija Slovenije kot članice Evropske unije