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The Effect of Part-Time Work on Post-Secondary Educational Attainment: New Evidence from French Data

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  • Beffy, Magali

    (CREST-INSEE)

  • Fougère, Denis

    (Sciences Po, Paris)

  • Maurel, Arnaud

    (Duke University)

Abstract

In this paper, we provide new evidence on the effect of part-time work on postsecondary educational attainment. To do so, we use samples extracted from the French Labor Force Surveys conducted over the years 1992-2002. These samples are restricted to students in initial education following university studies and preparing an Associate, a Bachelor or a Master degree. We estimate probit models with two simultaneous equations accounting for part-time working while studying and for success on the final exam, along with the decision to continue the following year in one of the models. We take the working time into account by drawing in one of the models a distinction between jobs in which more or less than 16 hours are worked per week. We use variations across departements in low-skilled youth unemployment rates and in their interactions with the father's socio-economic status in order to identify the effect of part-time work on educational attainment. Our results suggest a statistically significant and very large detrimental effect of holding a regular part-time job on graduation probability. Still, a complementary analysis shows that working while studying does not have any significant effect on the probability of continuing studies.

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  • Beffy, Magali & Fougère, Denis & Maurel, Arnaud, 2010. "The Effect of Part-Time Work on Post-Secondary Educational Attainment: New Evidence from French Data," IZA Discussion Papers 5069, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
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    Cited by:

    1. Mourifié, Ismael, 2015. "Sharp bounds on treatment effects in a binary triangular system," Journal of Econometrics, Elsevier, vol. 187(1), pages 74-81.
    2. Brecht Neyt & Eddy Omey & Dieter Verhaest & Stijn Baert, 2019. "Does Student Work Really Affect Educational Outcomes? A Review Of The Literature," Journal of Economic Surveys, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 33(3), pages 896-921, July.
    3. Rokicka, Magdalena, 2014. "The impact of students’ part-time work on educational outcomes," ISER Working Paper Series 2014-42, Institute for Social and Economic Research.

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    Keywords

    post-secondary educational attainment; students' labor supply; bivariate Probit models;
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    JEL classification:

    • C35 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Discrete Regression and Qualitative Choice Models; Discrete Regressors; Proportions
    • I20 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - General
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity

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