Do Internships Pay Off? The Effects of Student Internships on Earnings

Margaryan, Shushanik; Saniter, Nils; Schumann, Mathias; Siedler, Thomas

doi:10.2139/ssrn.3427617

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“…Our findings are in line with Shaw (2012) for VET in the UK. They are also in line with Nunley et al (2016) in the United States, Margaryan et al (2019) in Germany and in Switzerland for internships , San (1986) and Weiss et al (2014) for student jobs in Germany, and Böckerman et al (2018) and Böckerman et al (2019) for vocational degrees in Finland identifying a positive effect of work experience on labour market outcomes.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 75%

“…Internships, sandwich placements, work-based higher education, and vocational bachelor or master degrees may have different effects from general student jobs, because they are often related to the students' field of study. For internships, Nunley et al (2016), Margaryan et al (2019) and find positive effects of work experience on labour market outcomes after higher education, but Klein & Weiss (2011) and Weiss et al (2014) find no effect. Work experience from sandwich placements has positive effects on labour market outcomes (Brooks & Youngson, 2016).…”

Section: Literature Review On Work Experience and Hypothesesmentioning

confidence: 91%

“…The literature on work experience offers various explanations for how such experience influences labour market outcomes (Bills, 2003;Weiss et al, 2014;Margaryan et al, 2019). We examine four of them: social networks, screening, human capital (specific and general) and signalling.…”

Section: Literature Review On Work Experience and Hypothesesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, a number of empirical studies that account for self-selection into work experience opportunities before graduation from higher education find mixed results for labour market outcomes after graduation. These studies typically analyse the effects of having an internship, a student job, or both during higher education (San, 1986;Ehrenberg & Sherman, 1987;Häkkinen, 2006;Klein & Weiss, 2011;Weiss et al, 2014;Baert et al, 2016;Nunley et al, 2016;Baert et al, 2017;Margaryan et al, 2019;. Moreover, evidence on the effect of internships shows either no effect (Klein & Weiss, 2011;Weiss et al, 2014) or a significantly positive one (Nunley et al, 2016;Margaryan et al, 2019;.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…These studies typically analyse the effects of having an internship, a student job, or both during higher education (San, 1986;Ehrenberg & Sherman, 1987;Häkkinen, 2006;Klein & Weiss, 2011;Weiss et al, 2014;Baert et al, 2016;Nunley et al, 2016;Baert et al, 2017;Margaryan et al, 2019;. Moreover, evidence on the effect of internships shows either no effect (Klein & Weiss, 2011;Weiss et al, 2014) or a significantly positive one (Nunley et al, 2016;Margaryan et al, 2019;. Evidence on student jobs also shows mixed results: some studies find no effect (Ehrenberg & Sherman, 1987;Häkkinen, 2006;Baert et al, 2016), whereas others find positive effects (San, 1986;Weiss et al, 2014).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Keep It Up Switzerland! Four Empirical Studies on Dual Vocational Education and Training

Oswald-Egg

2022

Journal of Vocational Education & Training

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I thank my co-authors -Ursula Renold, Michael Siegenthaler, Thomas Bolli and Ladina Rageth -for their collaboration, their knowledge sharing and their patience. In addition, I thank my inspiring, encouraging and supportive team members with whom I had the pleasure to work and grow. Special thanks go to Thomas Bolli for challenging me to think more like an economist and for explaining econometrics in an understandable way, to Ladina Rageth for being a wonderful office mate, to Katie Caves for productive discussions and language consultations, and to Johanna Bolli-Kemper, Filippo Pusterla, Aranya Sritharan and Silvia Walter for sharing their knowledge, templates and (personal) experiences with me. I also thank Natalie Reid for teaching me how to write articles.Last but certainly not least, I thank my family and friends for their invaluable support and encouragement over the years. This experience would not have ended well without my family. I am eternally grateful to my parents, Maria Esther Egg Orihuela and Edwin Egg, and my sister Alexandra Hofmann for believing in me, pushing me to succeed and supporting me tremendously and unconditionally in every possible way. My husband, Lorenz Oswald, has been my rock in the ups and downs of this adventure. Thank you for being my safe haven, for your truly kind heart, and for taking over so many of my duties and not complaining once -I am forever in your debt! I cannot forget my two wonderful sons, Rafael and Tobias. Thank you for distracting me with your joyful characters, reminding me constantly that life is still happening and for demanding your fair share of my time so I did not miss out on too much of your development. To all my friends, thank you for your friendship and for understanding my time shortage. I am not listing all of your names here, but you are always on my mind.

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confidence: 75%

Section: Literature Review On Work Experience and Hypothesesmentioning

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Section: Literature Review On Work Experience and Hypothesesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Oswald-Egg

2022

Journal of Vocational Education & Training

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Knocking on employment’s door: internships and job attainment

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Undergraduate internships have gained popularity among students, universities, government and firms since the creation of the European Higher Education Area. However, empirical research on the relationship between internships and labour market performance of graduates is still scarce, particularly in Spain. This paper examines whether internships improve the job attainment in the short run (first employment after graduation) and in the medium /long term (employment four years later). We use the first Spanish University Graduate Job Placement Survey (2014) to estimate linear probability models and probit models. A novel econometric technique is also implemented to evaluate the sensitivity of our findings to omitted variable bias. We disentangle the internship effect on: (i) the speed to find the first job; (ii) the vertical, horizontal and skill/competence matching with the first job; (iii) being employed in the medium/ long term; (iv) the vertical and horizontal matching with the current employment; and (v) wage quintiles of the current job. Our results show that the internship experience smooths the university-to-work transition for Spanish graduates. Although internships effects on employment do not vanish in the medium/long term, there is weak evidence of positive effects on matching or wages four years after graduation.

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