The effects of work experience during higher education on labour market entry
Learning by Doing or an Entry Ticket
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2373814 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Felix Wei (0000-0002-1685-3732, University of Cologne, Germany and GESIS Leibniz Institute for Social Sciences in Mannheim, Germany), Markus Klein (0000-0003-1195-8938, University of Edinburgh), Thomas Grauenhorst (University of Mannheim) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 788-807 |
| Publication date | 2014-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Work Employment and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0950-0170 • E-ISSN: 1469-8722 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0950017013506772 |
| OpenAlex | W2143354423 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 33 |
| References cited | 39 |
Graduates from higher education often enter the labour market with a considerable amount of work experience. Using German data, we address the question of whether early work experience pays off upon labour market entry. We compare the labour market benefits of different types of work experience. This comparison allows us to more generally test hypotheses about different explanations of why education pays off. Results indicate that tertiary graduates do not profit from work experience that is unrelated to the field of study or was a mandatory part of the study programme. Even though field-related and voluntary work experience helps graduates to realize a fast integration into the labour market, it is not linked to higher chances for entering a favourable class position or to higher wages in the long run. These results provide evidence for the signalling explanation of educational benefits in the labour market rather than the human capital explanation
Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · German · Higher education · Human capital · Labour economics · Market economy · Microeconomics · Position (finance · Profit (economics · Ticket · Work (physics · Work experience · Engineering · Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Social Policy and Reform Studies
Learning to work
Engineering Students’ Industrial Internship Experience Perception and Satisfaction
Ensuring Equal Opportunities in an English-for-Specific-Purposes Course for Working-While-Studying Technical Students
Valuable Experience
Not just arms and legs
The meaning of higher education credentials in graduate occupations
Youth work, prosocial behaviour, and micro-foundation of working-class solidarity among vocational school students in China
Analyse des Nutzens von Praktika für österreichische Hochschulabsolventen unter Einbezug relevanter Mediationspfade
Does Combining Work and Study ‘Pay Off’? Investigating Intersectional Effects of Term‐Time Employment, First‐Generation Status and Gender on Graduate Outcomes
Do internships in master’s programmes help graduates to get a well-matched job
No experience, no employment
Student internships and employment opportunities after graduation
Knocking on employment’s door
Student employment in Europe and subsequent labour market outcomes
Do employers really require experience? An analysis of online job adverts and the implications for HE policy
Under (employability and financial) pressure
Capital limits
Motivation in internship
An international comparison of graduate outcome survey instruments
The effect of education level on wages in Israel
A Policy Reform Aimed at Improving the Job Quality of Graduates
How is university students’ paid work associated with their locus of control
Work experience and graduate migration
Social Inequalities in Student Employment and the Local Labour Market
Signalwirkung von Bildungskarrieren für die Einmündungschancen in eine duale Ausbildung
Work experience during higher education and post-graduation occupational outcomes
The million-dollar question
La experiencia estudiantil universitaria en América Latina
Who are gaining the highly paid elite placements in UK higher education
What determines perceived graduate employability? Exploring the effects of personal characteristics, academic achievements and graduate skills in a survey experiment
I Had to Take a Casual Contract and Work One Day a Week
Having Less But Giving More
The Individual Economic Returns to Volunteering in Work Life
From School To Work
Getting a Job
Credentials, Signals, and Screens
Some Practical Guidance for the Implementation of Propensity Score Matching
The central role of the propensity score in observational studies for causal effects
Matching As An Econometric Evaluation Estimator
Handbook of theory and research for the sociology of education
The Forms of Capital
Stratification in Higher Education
The European Socio-Economic Classification
Soziale Netzwerke und Jobfindung von Hochschulabsolventen – Die Bedeutung des Netzwerktyps für monetäre Arbeitsmarkterträge und Ausbildungsadäquatheit / Social Networks and Tertiary Graduates’ Job Search
Trends in the association between educational attainment and class destinations in West Germany
When studying schooling is not enough
Education, Employers and Class Mobility
Signals and closure by degrees
New directions in educational credentialism
What Makes for a Good Start? Consequences of Occupation-Specific Higher Education for Career Mobility
Getting a Job in Europe
Skill, education and credentials in the new economy
Job Market Signaling
Educational Credentials and Promotion Chances in Japanese and American Organizations
Is forcing them worth the effort? Benefits of mandatory internships for graduates from diverse family backgrounds at labour market entry
Stepping-Stones or Traps
Cultural Capital and Social Exclusion
Labour Market Integration and Institutions
Do employability skills really matter in the UK graduate labour market? The case of business and management graduates
Skills and occupational attainment
Does training trigger turnover - or not
Horizontal Stratification in Postsecondary Education
Cognitive Skills and Noncognitive Traits and Behaviors in Stratification Processes
Learning and Working
The Determinants and Effects of Training at Work
Does it Work? The Effect of Continuing Training on Labour Market Outcomes
Why Do Some Occupations Pay More than Others? Social Closure and Earnings Inequality in the United States
Non-Meritocratic Job Requirements and the Reproduction of Class Inequality
| Unique citing works | 33 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2026 (12) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 33 |