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A signal of diligence? : student work experience and later employment chances
Baert, Stijn; Rotsaert, Olivier; Verhaest, Dieter; … - 2015
experience enhances initial recruitment decisions. For a number of candidate subgroups (by education level and occupation type …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011295597
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Student internships and employment opportunities after graduation : a field experiment
Baert, Stijn; Neyt, Brecht; Siedler, Thomas; Tobback, Ilse - 2019
Internships during tertiary education have become substantially more common over the past decades in many …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011985978
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Modeling the Effects of Grade Retention in High School
Baert, Stijn; Cockx, Bart; Picchio, Matteo - 2015
A dynamic discrete choice model is set up to estimate the effects of grade retention in high school, both in the short- (end-of-year evaluation) and long-run (drop-out and delay). In contrast to regression discontinuity designs, this approach captures treatment heterogeneity and controls for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011420730
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Relative Age Effect on European Adolescents' Social Network
Fumarco, Luca; Baert, Stijn - 2018
We contribute to the literature on relative age effects on pupils' (non-cognitive) skills formation by studying students' social network. We investigate data on European adolescents from the Health Behaviour in School Aged Children survey and use an instrumental variables approach to account for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011984532
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Younger and Dissatisfied? Relative Age and Life-Satisfaction in Adolescence
Fumarco, Luca; Baert, Stijn - 2018
This is the first study to investigate whether age gaps between classmates (that is, relative age) affect life-satisfaction gaps in adolescence. To this end, we analyse data from the multi-country Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children (HBSC) survey. We find evidence that relative age...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011984550
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The Impact of Dual Apprenticeship Programs on Early Labour Market Outcomes: A Dynamic Approach
Neyt, Brecht; Verhaest, Dieter; Baert, Stijn - 2018
This study examines the impact of enrolling into dual apprenticeship programs in secondary education on six early … education framework – the effects of two distinct types of dual programs that combine part-time school- or training centre …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011984571
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The Impact of Internship Experience During Secondary Education on Schooling and Labour Market Outcomes
Neyt, Brecht; Verhaest, Dieter; Baert, Stijn - 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 … sequential outcomes by means of a dynamic discrete choice model. In line with the literature on vocational education programmes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012140448
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Relative Age Effect on European Adolescents’ Social Network
Fumarco, Luca; Baert, Stijn - 2018
We contribute to the literature on relative age effects on pupils’ (non-cognitive) skills formation by studying students’ social network. We investigate data on European adolescents from the Health Behaviour in School Aged Children survey and use an instrumental variables approach to account...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011929522
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Younger and Dissatisfied? Relative Age and Life-satisfaction in Adolescence
Fumarco, Luca; Baert, Stijn - 2018
This is the first study to investigate whether age gaps between classmates (that is, relative age) affect life-satisfaction gaps in adolescence. To this end, we analyse data from the multi-country Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children (HBSC) survey. We find evidence that relative age...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011929523
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Modeling the Effects of Grade Retention in High School
Baert, Stijn; Cockx, Bart; Picchio, Matteo - 2015
A dynamic discrete choice model is set up to estimate the effects of grade retention in high school, both in the short- (end-of-year evaluation) and long-run (drop-out and delay). In contrast to regression discontinuity designs, this approach captures treatment heterogeneity and controls for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011431214