Students’ Time Allocation and School Performance: A Comparison between Student Jobs, Sports and Music Participation

Pfeifer Christian () and Seidel Katja ()
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Seidel Katja: Institute of Economics, Leuphana University Lueneburg, Scharnhorststr. 1, Lüneburg21335, Germany

Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer Nationaloekonomie und Statistik), 2020, vol. 240, issue 5, 607-652

Abstract: The authors analyze the correlations between students’ time allocation and school performance in terms of grades and satisfaction with their own performance in math, German, first foreign language, and overall. They address the heterogeneity between three important extracurricular activities (student jobs, sports and music participation) and the heterogeneity within each activity by accounting for different types and participation length of an activity. The used cross-sectional survey data of 3388 students, who are about 17 years old and enrolled in a German secondary school, indeed reveal substantial heterogeneity between and within the activities. The empirical analysis is accompanied by an extensive survey of the empirical literature about the association between student jobs, sports, and music participation and school performance.

Keywords: human capital; jobs; music; school performance; sports; time allocation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I21 J13 J22 J24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1515/jbnst-2018-0039

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