University studies as a side job: causes and consequences of massive student employment in Estonia

Beerkens, Maarja; Mägi, Eve; Lill, Liis

doi:10.1007/s10734-010-9356-0

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“…Beerkens et al (2010) find only a very small negative effect on academic performance and labour market outcomes for students in Estonia. Employment parallel to study sends a signal to employers about the quality of the graduates who enter the labour market.…”

Section: How Working Impacts the Labour Market Outcomes For Studentsmentioning

confidence: 64%

Are student jobs flexible jobs? Using online data to study employers’ preferences in Slovakia

Kureková

Žilinčíková

2016

IZA J Labor Stud

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This paper analyses patterns of student employment in Slovakia where the numbers of university graduates have risen significantly. We use online job vacancy data and compare 'student jobs' and 'flexible jobs' to understand differences and similarities between the student and flexible labour markets that are often seen as identical. We find substantive differences in the required skill profiles between student-focused vacancies and those based on flexible forms of contract. In addition, student-targeted vacancies can be found across the occupational ladder, which refutes propositions that the student labour market is only precarious, temporary and part-time. From a policy perspective, our findings imply that any regulation of the flexible labour market will only partially address the student labour market. JEL Classification: J23, J21, J24, J63

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Section: How Working Impacts the Labour Market Outcomes For Studentsmentioning

confidence: 64%

Are student jobs flexible jobs? Using online data to study employers’ preferences in Slovakia

Kureková

Žilinčíková

2016

IZA J Labor Stud

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“…Structural changes are also visible on the job market, where a greater deal of combining work and education opportunities occurred due to the development of nonstandard types of employment suitable for students, such as part-time work, flexible working hours employment, remote work, and outsourcing or freelancing possibilities [3,8].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Over the past two decades a rapid expansion of higher education student numbers has been evident [1], and given this so called "massification" of higher education, employment during studies has become a common phenomenon worldwide [2,3].…”

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Characteristics of Student Employment in Croatia

Čavar

2018

Interdiscip. Descr. Complex Syst.

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The article deals with student term-time employment in Croatia, causes of its growing prevalence, its patterns and legal regulation, and finally its effects on the higher education system and labour market. Overview of the theories on combining work and study singled out few relevant factors determining motivations of students for engaging in term-time employment and employment's different academic and professional outcomes, mainly related to the massification of higher education phenomenon (higher number of students and their greater diversity, youth unemployment, and questionable college degree relevance). Although conducted on non-systematic data, gathered from previous research of student population in Croatia and EUROSTUDENT international research on the quality of student life, analysis carried out in this article showed the occurrence of higher education massification and its influence on student employment, especially in the fields of social sciences and humanities. Croatian students' motivations for term-time employment are mainly a wish to improve their living standard and a need for work experience, while their average workload is of low to medium intensity, usually on jobs not at all related to their future profession. Apart from presenting the practice of student work use, this article also gives an overview of its legal regulation in Croatia, and examples of its misuse, i.e., negative implications it may have on student and regular workers.

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“…In Estonia, it is common that young people want to work while studying -a survey carried out in Estonia showed that 61% of students work during their studies [35]. As for IT students, earning extra money (42%) and getting practice in the field (28%) are the main reasons for working [30].…”

Section: International Journal Of Information and Education Technologmentioning

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What Happens to IT Education? The Case in Estonia with Some Recommendations for International Discussion

Pedaste¹,

Kori²,

Tõnisson³

et al. 2017

IJIET

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Abstract-The demand for IT skills and knowledge has increased worldwide, but nevertheless there is a shortage of programmers and other IT workers. To ensure the sustainability of the field it is necessary to change current IT educational practices and identify areas for improvement. This study, conducted in Estonia, focused on three aspects: IT students' source of interest in IT, their motivation to continue higher education IT studies and their motivation to graduate. A large-scale survey (n=1374) involving most Estonian IT students in higher education was conducted. The results showed that sparking an interest in IT can already start at the general education level, where a more systematic approach is needed to introduce programming. In-service training and retraining for informatics teachers seems to be a solution. At the level of higher education, the primary factor influencing students' choice of curriculum was their interest in IT. In order to retain IT students, a solution offering students the chance to combine work and studies is needed. Work-related factors are the main predictors of students' dropout probability, while cognitive ability and motivation have a weaker effect. Based on this study in Estonia, some internationally applicable recommendations are made to different stakeholders.

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University studies as a side job: causes and consequences of massive student employment in Estonia

Cited by 95 publications

References 16 publications

Are student jobs flexible jobs? Using online data to study employers’ preferences in Slovakia

Are student jobs flexible jobs? Using online data to study employers’ preferences in Slovakia

Characteristics of Student Employment in Croatia

What Happens to IT Education? The Case in Estonia with Some Recommendations for International Discussion

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