Working Paper: NBER ID: w1742
Authors: Ronald G. Ehrenberg; Daniel R. Sherman
Abstract: This paper uses panel data that cover the 1972-1979 period obtained from the National Longitudinal Survey of the High School Class of 1972 to study how male college students' employment while in college influences their academic performance, persistence in school, decisions to enroll in graduate school, and post-college labor market success. The analytic framework employed treats in-school employment as endogenous and determines persistence by a comparison of expected utilities.
Keywords: college employment; academic performance; postcollege outcomes
JEL Codes: I23; J24
Edges that are evidenced by causal inference methods are in orange, and the rest are in light blue.
| Cause | Effect |
|---|---|
| hours of work during the academic year (J22) | grade point averages (GPAs) (C00) |
| working 25 hours per week (J22) | GPA 0.1 lower (C29) |
| increased work hours (J22) | probability of persisting in college (D29) |
| working 20 hours per week in the freshman year (J22) | dropout probability (I21) |
| off-campus work (J68) | graduation rates (I23) |
| on-campus work (I23) | probability of enrolling in postgraduate education (I23) |