Similar Search Results

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

Neyt, Brecht - 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...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012946603

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...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012858841

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...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013016358

Does Multitasking Affect Students' Academic Performance? Evidence from a Longitudinal Study

Amez, Simon; Baert, Stijn; Heydencamp, Emily; Wuyts, Joey - 2022

students. However, this may come at a cost since the existing literature emphasises the negative association between …. Specifically, for three consecutive years, students at two Belgian universities, in more than ten different study programmes, were … surveyed on their multitasking preferences and academic performance. Then, these results were merged with the students' exam …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014084012

What Do Student Jobs on Graduate Cvs Signal to Employers?

Van Belle, Eva - 2019

Due to the prevalence and important consequences of student work, the topic has seen an increased interest in the literature. However, to date the focus has been solely on measuring the effect of student employment on later labour market outcomes, relying on signalling theory to explain the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012867159

Student Internships and Employment Opportunities after Graduation : A Field Experiment

Baert, Stijn - 2019

Internships during tertiary education have become substantially more common over the past decades in many industrialised countries. This study examines the impact of a voluntary intra-curricular internship experience during university studies on the probability of being invited to a job...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012870298

Pure Ethnic Gaps in Educational Attainment and School to Work Transitions : When Do They Arise?

Baert, Stijn - 2013

This article decomposes the observed gaps in educational attainment and school-to-work transitions between grandchildren of natives and immigrants in Belgium into (i) differences in observed family endowments and (ii) a residual "pure ethnic gap". It innovates by explicitly taking delays in...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013085048

Smartphone Use and Academic Performance : First Evidence from Longitudinal Data

Amez, Simon - 2020

– longitudinal data on students' smartphone use and educational performance. For three consecutive years we surveyed all students … of academic achievement. These survey data were merged with the exam scores of these students. We analysed the resulting …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012843728

Education Level and Mating Success : Undercover on Tinder

Neyt, Brecht - 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...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012907202

Smartphone Use and Academic Performance : A Literature Review

Amez, Simon - 2019

between students' frequency of smartphone use and their academic success. However, the strength of this association is …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012859757