Cross-National Variations in Student Employment and Academic Performance: The Roles of National Context and International Law

Autor/inn/en	Byun, Soo-yong; Henck, Adrienne; Post, David
Titel	Cross-National Variations in Student Employment and Academic Performance: The Roles of National Context and International Law
Quelle	In: Comparative Education Review, 58 (2014) 4, S.621-652 (32 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0010-4086
DOI	10.1086/677143
Schlagwörter	Student Employment; Academic Achievement; Middle School Students; Grade 8; Cross Cultural Studies; Child Labor; International Law; Treaties; Context Effect; Hierarchical Linear Modeling; Foreign Countries; Armenia; Australia; Bahrain; Belgium; Botswana; Bulgaria; Chile; Cyprus; Egypt; Estonia; Ghana; Hong Kong; Hungary; Indonesia; Iran; Israel; Italy; Japan; Jordan; Latvia; Lebanon; Lithuania; Macedonia; Moldova; Netherlands; New Zealand; Norway; Philippines; Romania; Russia; Saudi Arabia; Serbia; Singapore; Slovakia; Slovenia; South Africa; South Korea; Sweden; Syria; Tunisia; United States; Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Studentenarbeit; Schulleistung; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Child labour; Kinderarbeit; Law of nations; Völkerrecht; Abkommen; Ausland; Armenien; Australien; Belgien; Bulgarien; Zypern; Ägypten; Estland; Hongkong; Ungarn; Indonesien; Italien; Lettland; Libanon; Litauen; Moldava; Moldau (Republik); Moldau; Moldawien; Moldawa; Moldowa; Niederlande; Neuseeland; Norwegen; Philippinen; Rumänien; Russland; Saudi-Arabien; Serbien; Singapur; Slowakei; Slowenien; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik; Korea; Republik; Schweden; Syrien; Tunesien; USA
Abstract	Most existing research indicates that working students perform more poorly than do full-time students on standardized achievement tests. However, we know there are wide international variations in this gap. This article shows that national and international contexts help to explain the gap in the academic performance between working and nonworking middle-school students. We combined data from the 2003 Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study eighth-grade assessment with the countryspecific information on socioeconomic and educational conditions, as well as the timing of each country's ratification of an international treaty regulating child labor. Our multilevel analyses show that, while student employment is generally negatively associated with academic performance, this negative association is smaller in countries that by 1995 had ratified the International Labour Organisation's Convention 138 on child labor. These findings highlight the role of national and international policy in structuring the consequences of student employment for academic performance. (As Provided).
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