In-School Work Experience and the Returns to Two-Year and Four-Year Colleges

Autor/inn/en	Molitor, C.J.; Leigh, D.E.
Titel	In-School Work Experience and the Returns to Two-Year and Four-Year Colleges
Quelle	In: Economics of Education Review, 24 (2005) 4, S.459-468 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-7757
DOI	10.1016/j.econedurev.2004.09.003
Schlagwörter	Return on Investment; Colleges; Work Experience; Student Employment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? College; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Employment experience; Job experience; Occupational experience; Berufserfahrung; Studentenarbeit
Abstract	Building on the existing education literature, we address two interrelated questions. First, how sensitive are estimated returns to two-year and four-year colleges to the inclusion of in-school work experience? Second, do the estimated returns to in-school work experience vary by type of educational institution attended? Regarding the first question, we find that in-school work experience is an important determinant of earnings, and that if in-school work experience is not taken into account, estimated returns to schooling estimates will be upwardly biased. Returns to education categories that do not involve the awarding of a degree, such as attending a two-year college, appear to be especially sensitive to the inclusion of in-school work experience. Our evidence on the second question indicates that estimated returns to in-school work experience also vary with type of schooling. We find that work experience acquired while attending a community college has a relatively large effect, suggesting that schooling and work are more complementary for two-year than four-year colleges. (Author).
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