Paid work alongside higher education studies as an investment in human capital.

Autor/in	Fényes, Hajnalka
Titel	Paid work alongside higher education studies as an investment in human capital. Paralleltitel: Placano delo ob studiju kot nalozba v cloveski kapital.
Quelle	In: CEPS journal, 11 (2021) 2, S. 231-250Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2232-2647
DOI	10.26529/cepsj.691
URN	urn:nbn:de:0111-pedocs-228831
Schlagwörter	Clusteranalyse; Quantitative Forschung; Soziale Herkunft; Motivation; Humankapital; Berufserfahrung; Hochschulbildung; Universität; Studienfinanzierung; Studentenarbeit; Finanzielle Situation; Wirkung; Student; Bourdieu, Pierre; Mitteleuropa
Abstract	In this study, using a database of higher education student surveys, we analyse the motivations behind paid work through cluster analysis and reveal which variables influence them. We hypothesise that working while studying is also an investment in human capital. We research to what extent students are motivated to work alongside their studies by the possibility of acquiring work experience and future financial return. Furthermore, we examine whether Bourdieuan capital conversion is characteristic of students. We found that acquiring work experience was a more important motive behind paid work than acquiring cultural and social capital and the possibility of capital conversion. We also found that students from disadvantaged backgrounds are primarily motivated to seek employment by the prospect of short-term income. It is a significant finding that even if the students' jobs are not related to their studies, they still have the goal of gaining professional experience and increasing their capital, which implies that they consider many of these jobs to be an investment in human capital (even if it does not yield a return in the future; see the theoretical section). According to our policy recommendation, higher education institutions should offer students more study-related employment opportunities in the examined Central European region, while employers should also attribute a greater value to the professional experience acquired alongside higher education studies. (DIPF/Orig.).
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main
Update	2021/4