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Does student work really affect educational outcomes? : a review of the literature

Neyt, Brecht; Omey, Eddy; Verhaest, Dieter; Baert, Stijn - 2017

We review the theories put forward, methodological approaches used, and empirical conclusions found in the multidisciplinary literature on the relationship between student employment and educational outcomes. A systematic comparison of the empirical work yields new insights that go beyond the...

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Does Student Work Really Affect Educational Outcomes? A Review of the Literature

Neyt, Brecht - 2017

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Education level and mating success : undercover on Tinder

Neyt, Brecht; Vandebulcke, Sarah; Baert, Stijn - 2018

In this study, we examine the impact of an individual's education level on her/his mating success by means of a field experiment on the mobile dating app Tinder, using a sample of 3,600 profile evaluations. In line with previous studies from the field of evolutionary psychology, our results...

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The Impact of Internship Experience during Secondary Education on Schooling and Labour Market Outcomes

Neyt, Brecht - 2019

The literature on workplace learning in secondary education has mainly focussed on vocational education programmes. In this study, we examine the impact of internship experience in secondary education on a student's schooling and early labour market outcomes, by analysing unique, longitudinal...

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The Early Labour Market Effects of Generally and Vocationally Oriented Higher Education : Is There a Trade-Off?

Verhaest, Dieter - 2015

This study investigates whether the choice for a vocationally versus a generally oriented higher education program entails a trade-off between higher employment chances and better matches at the start of the career (when opting for a vocational orientation) and a lower risk of bad match...

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Long-term effects of school-starting-age rules

Oosterbeek, Hessel; Meulen, Simon ter; Klaauw, Bas van der - 2020

birth month threshold used in the Netherlands. We find that students born just after the threshold perform better at the end … of primary school than students born just before it. This translates into increased placement in high ability tracks in … not harm long-term outcomes of children who were, for exogenous reasons, placed in a lower track. …

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Field of study and family outcomes

Artmann, Elisabeth; Ketel, Nadine; Oosterbeek, Hessel; … - 2018

intergenerational effects on children's education. This means that field of study does not only affect individual labor market outcomes …

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The non-market benefits of education and ability

Heckman, James J.; Humphries, John Eric; Veramendi, Gregory - 2017

This paper analyzes the non-market benefits of education and ability. Using a dynamic model of educational choice we estimate returns to education that account for selection bias and sorting on gains. We investigate a range of non-market outcomes including incarceration, mental health, voter...

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Do Dutch dentists extract monopoly rents?

Ketel, Nadine; Leuven, Edwin; Oosterbeek, Hessel; … - 2018

We exploit admission lotteries to estimate the payoffs to the dentistry study in the Netherlands. Using data from up to 22 years after the lottery, we find that in most years after graduation dentists earn around 50,000 Euros more than they would earn in their next-best profession. The payoff is...

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The GED

Heckman, James J.; Humphries, John Eric; Mader, Nicholas S. - 2010

induces some students to drop out of school. The GED program is unique to the United States and Canada, but provides policy …

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