Door Opener or Waste of Time? The Effects of Student Internships on Labor Market Outcomes
Door Opener or Waste of Time? The Effects of Student Internships on Labor Market Outcomes
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开门还是浪费时间？
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2014
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T. Siedler
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Nils Saniter;T. Siedler
本文研究了学生实习经历对劳动力市场选择和以后工资的因果影响。我们利用德国大学强制实习的引入和废除的变化作为在大学期间完成实习的工具。利用研究生调查的纵向数据，我们发现 OLS 和 IV 回归中的积极且显着的工资回报约为 6%。这一结果主要是由于进入劳动力市场后的前五年全职工作倾向较高和失业倾向较低所致。此外，以前的实习生攻读博士学位的频率也较低。对于劳动力市场导向薄弱的个人和研究领域来说，正回报尤其明显。在人口的其他亚群中没有发现异质效应。
This paper studies the causal effect of student internship experience on labor market choices and wages later in life. We use variation in the introduction and abolishment of mandatory internships at German universities as an instrument for completing an internship while attending university. Employing longitudinal data from graduate surveys, we find positive and significant wage returns of about six percent in both OLS and IV regressions. This result is mainly driven by a higher propensity of working full-time and a lower propensity of being unemployed in the first five years after entering the labor market. Moreover, former interns pursue doctoral studies less frequently. The positive returns are particularly pronounced for individuals and areas of study that are characterized by a weak labor market orientation. Heterogeneous effects are not found across other subgroups of the population.