How Does Employment Affect Academic Performance Among College Students?

Kathleen Arano and Carl Parker
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Kathleen Arano: Fort Hays State University
Carl Parker: Fort Hays State University

Journal of Economic Insight, 2008, vol. 34, issue 2, 65-82

Abstract: The likelihood of working while in school for college students has been increasing particularly as the cost of education has also been rising. This paper estimates the effect of student work on academic performance. The study uses a statistical procedure to account for the possibility that the number of hours worked is endogenous when modeling academic performance. The results indicate that student employment has a negative effect on academic performance for freshmen, but for upper classmen, the negative effect only occurs after working longer hours. The negative effect is weakest for juniors, followed by seniors and sophomores.

JEL-codes: I2 J2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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