Door Opener or Waste of Time? The Effects of Student Internships on Labor Market Outcomes

Saniter, Nils; Siedler, Thomas

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“…In particular, O' Higgins and Pinedo (2018), through a survey on European data, analyse the disparities between a paid versus an unpaid internship contract and find positive differences for the subsequent employment path of the paid internship contract. This result seems to be consistent with previous studies, such as Saniter and Siedler (2014), which attempt to assess the impact of paid versus unpaid internship contracts for Germany through the methodology of causal inference. Kopečná (2016) evaluates an internship programme implemented in the Czech Republic as part of a Youth Guarantee programme and finds a positive effect on the income of those who enjoyed it 1 year after its use.…”

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Internship contracts in Spain: a stepping stone or a hurdle towards job stability?

Rica

Gorjón

2022

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Internship contracts (ICs) were designed as a stepping stone for educated young workers to develop their professional skills upon graduation. Such contracts incentivise employment creation, as firms benefit from lower wages and tax reductions, but at the same time, firms are expected to develop training programmes to improve the professional skills of youth. This paper assesses whether such subsidies help improve the labour market trajectories of the beneficiaries of ICs. To do so, we focus on entrants into the labour market and compare those who start through an IC with a matched control group whose first employment episode is through a nonsubsidised temporary contract. We look at short, medium and long-term effects on job stability and wages. We find that in the short run, labour market performance, in terms of wages and job stability, is poorer for the beneficiaries of the IC, unless they leave the firm right after the IC experience. In the medium and long run, however, the negative impact on wages is mitigated, and its impact on job stability is positive. A possible interpretation is that firms, in the short run, use ICs to lower hiring costs, but beneficiaries send a positive signal to the market that is rewarded in the medium and long terms.

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Internship contracts in Spain: a stepping stone or a hurdle towards job stability?

Rica

Gorjón

2022

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“…Ishengoma and Vaaland (2016) revealed that university-industry linkage activities were strongly perceived to raise the employability of students, in particular student internships in companies followed by joint projects and the involvement of companies in modernizing university curricula in Tanzania. A longitudinal study by Saniter et al (2016) noted that internship graduates in Germany faced lower risk of unemployment during the first year of their careers. In South Korea, a study of 961 college graduates found that internship participation was correlated with reduced time between graduation and acquiring employment, increased wages and improved overall job satisfaction (Jung and Lee, 2017).…”

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“…The current issue and full text archive of this journal is available on Emerald Insight at: https://www.emerald.com/insight/0040-0912.htm labor market. Experiential learning is very positive in this regard, and internships are increasingly considered an important curricular option (Saniter et al, 2016;Baert et al, 2019). The National Association of Colleges and Employers (2011, p. 2) identifies internship as:…”

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“…As seen in Table 1, no other research included all of these variables or investigated their interrelationships with internship programs comprehensively. For example, some focused on employability (Silva et al, 2018;Griffin and Coelhoso, 2019), while Hossain et al (2020) focused on the social mobility factor (corresponding to networking), and Chao (2019) concentrated on SE and occupational choices, while Saniter et al (2016) deliberated the wages element.…”

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Will university internship secure you a job?: interplaying factors from an emerging market perspective

Alawamleh

Mahadin

2022

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PurposeThis paper aims to identify internship factors and their roles in obtaining employment, establishing relationships among them using interpretive structural modeling (ISM).Design/methodology/approachBased on the literature review of more than 100 studies (1982–2020), 11 internship factors were identified. This was followed by the application of ISM technique to get insights into how these factors affect employability.FindingsISM technique and empirical research aided in classifying the factors on their driving and dependence power. Further analysis identified contextual relationships between all factors and how these affect each other.Research limitations/implicationsThis study will be helpful for educators, students and managers to understand how internship affects employability through understanding of the factors and their relations.Originality/valueThis study is the first study presenting a holistic view of internship factors and how their relationships affect employability in the emerging market perspective of Jordan.

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“…Although the specific mechanisms whereby an internship leads to these outcomes are poorly understood, scholars speculate that the time spent in an internship developing new social networks and acquiring new cultural competencies unique to a profession are especially useful in enhancing graduate prospects in the labor market (McHugh, 2017). Consequently, the transformative role that an internship can play in a student's upward mobility is one reason that some have called them "door openers" to opportunity (Saniter & Siedler, 2014), making them an important new indicator of social mobility alongside traditional measures such as a college degree (Finighan & Putnam, 2016).…”

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Closing the Doors of Opportunity: A Field Theoretic Analysis of the Prevalence and Nature of Obstacles to College Internships

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Wolfgram

Chen

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Background: Internships for college students can enhance their grades, skills, and employment prospects, but finding and completing an internship sometimes requires considerable resources. Consequently, before postsecondary institutions consider mandating this high-impact practice, more evidence is needed regarding the various obstacles students face as they seek an internship. Focus of Study: The purpose of this study was to document the prevalence and nature of obstacles to securing a college internship and how these factors interact in the lives of particular students. Field theory is used to highlight the ways that structural inequalities and forms of capital serve to facilitate or constrain access to an internship experience. Population: The participants in this study included students attending five postsecondary institutions—three comprehensive universities, one historically Black college and university (HBCU), and one technical college in the U.S. states of Maryland, South Carolina, and Wisconsin. Research Design: This concurrent mixed-methods study included the collection of survey (n = 1,549) and focus group and interview (n = 100) data from students who self-selected into the study. Given that this is a descriptive study, the aim was to document student experiences with obstacles to internships using varied sources of data. Data Collection and Analysis: Data were collected via an online survey (with a 26% response rate) and in-person focus groups or interviews at each campus. Data were analyzed using inductive thematic analysis, social network analysis, and logistic regression techniques and interpreted in ways that highlight the situated and critical role of capital and structure in shaping opportunity and behavior. Findings: Among the 1,060 (69%) survey respondents who reported not having had an internship, 638 indicated that they had in fact wanted to pursue an internship but could not because of the need to work, a heavy course load, insufficient positions, and inadequate pay. The role of financial, social, and cultural capital also impacted students differentially depending on their majors, socioeconomic status, race, and geographic location, highlighting how context and enduring systemic forces—and not solely the possession of capital(s)—intersect to shape students’ abilities to pursue an internship. Conclusion: Internships are not universally accessible to all college students and instead favor students who have access to financial, social, and cultural capital while also being positioned in particular majors, geographic locations, and institutions. Before actively promoting internships for their students, colleges and universities should secure funding to support student pay and relocation costs, identify alternative forms of experiential learning for working students, and engage employers in creating more in-person and online positions for students across the disciplines.

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Door Opener or Waste of Time? The Effects of Student Internships on Labor Market Outcomes

Cited by 33 publications

References 28 publications

Internship contracts in Spain: a stepping stone or a hurdle towards job stability?

Internship contracts in Spain: a stepping stone or a hurdle towards job stability?

Will university internship secure you a job?: interplaying factors from an emerging market perspective

Closing the Doors of Opportunity: A Field Theoretic Analysis of the Prevalence and Nature of Obstacles to College Internships

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