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Parental Transfers, Student Achievement, and the Labor Supply of College Students

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Kalenkoski, Charlene Marie () (Ohio University)
Sabrina Wulff Pabilonia () (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)

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Abstract

Using nationally representative data from the NLSY97 and a simultaneous equations model, this paper analyzes the financial motivations for and the effects of employment on U.S. college students’ academic performance. The data confirm the predictions of the theoretical model that lower parental transfers and greater costs of attending college increase the number of hours students work while in school, although students are not very responsive to these financial motivations. They also provide some evidence that greater hours of work lead to lower grade point averages (GPAs).

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Paper provided by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in its series Working Papers with number 416.

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Date of creation: Mar 2008
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Keywords: employment; transfers; GPA;

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D1 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior
I2 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education
J2 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor

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  1. Jeffrey S. DeSimone, 2008. "The Impact of Employment during School on College Student Academic Performance," NBER Working Papers 14006, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  2. Christine Barnet-Verzat & François-Charles Wolff, 2008. "Pocket money and child effort at school," Economics Bulletin, Economics Bulletin, vol. 9(13), pages 1-10. [Downloadable!]
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