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What do student jobs on graduate CVs signal to employers?

Van Belle, Eva; Caers, Ralf; Cuypers, Laure; Couck, … - 2019

Due to the prevalence and important consequences of student work, the topic has seen an increased interest in the literature. However, to date the focus has been solely on measuring the effect of student employment on later labour market outcomes, relying on signalling theory to explain the...

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The impact of internship experience during secondary education on schooling and labour market outcomes

Neyt, Brecht; Verhaest, Dieter; Baert, Stijn - 2019

The literature on workplace learning in secondary education has mainly focussed on vocational education programmes. In … this study, we examine the impact of internship experience in secondary education on a student's schooling and early labour … sequential outcomes by means of a dynamic discrete choice model. In line with the literature on vocational education programmes …

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A signal of diligence? : student work experience and later employment chances

Baert, Stijn; Rotsaert, Olivier; Verhaest, Dieter; … - 2015

experience enhances initial recruitment decisions. For a number of candidate subgroups (by education level and occupation type …

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Student internships and employment opportunities after graduation : a field experiment

Baert, Stijn; Neyt, Brecht; Siedler, Thomas; Tobback, Ilse - 2019

Internships during tertiary education have become substantially more common over the past decades in many …

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Costly mistakes: why and when spelling errors in resumes jeopardise interview chances

Sterkens, Philippe; Caers, Ralf; Couck, Marijke de; … - 2021

Earlier research has associated spelling errors in resumes with reduced hiring chances. However, the analysis of hiring penalties due to spelling errors has thus far been restricted to white-collar occupations and relatively high numbers of errors per resume. Moreover, the mechanisms underlying...

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A signal of (train)ability? : grade repetition and hiring chances

Baert, Stijn; Picchio, Matteo - 2020

This article contributes to the nascent literature on the effect of grade retention in school on later labour market success. A field experiment is conducted to rule out the endogeneity of both outcomes. More concretely, various treatments of grade retention are randomly assigned to fictitious...

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Student work, educational achievement, and later employment : a dynamic approach

Baert, Stijn; Neyt, Brecht; Omey, Eddy; Verhaest, Dieter - 2017

education on later employment outcomes. To this end, we jointly model student work and later schooling and employment outcomes …. Using unique longitudinal Belgian data, we find that pupils who work during the summer holidays of secondary education are … education enrolment. …

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The impact of dual apprenticeship : programs on early labour market outcomes : a dynamic approach

Neyt, Brecht; Verhaest, Dieter; Baert, Stijn - 2018

This study examines the impact of enrolling into dual apprenticeship programs in secondary education on six early … education framework – the effects of two distinct types of dual programs that combine part-time school- or training centre …

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Relative age effect on European adolescents' social network

Fumarco, Luca; Baert, Stijn - 2018

We contribute to the literature on relative age effects on pupils' (non-cognitive) skills formation by studying students' social network. We investigate data on European adolescents from the Health Behaviour in School Aged Children survey and use an instrumental variables approach to account for...

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Younger and dissatisfied? : relative age and life-satisfaction in adolescence

Fumarco, Luca; Baert, Stijn - 2018

This is the first study to investigate whether age gaps between classmates (that is, relative age) affect life-satisfaction gaps in adolescence. To this end, we analyse data from the multi-country Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children (HBSC) survey. We find evidence that relative age...

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