Student Work

Student Work during Secondary Education – Those who work during the summer holidays of secondary education are 15.3% more likely to have a job three months after leaving school

This study examines the direct and indirect impact (via educational achievement) of student work during secondary education on later employment outcomes. To this end, we jointly model student work and later schooling and employment outcomes as a chain of discrete choices. To tackle their endogeneity, we correct for these outcomes’ unobserved determinants. Using unique longitudinal … Continue reading →