Combining Work and Study by Russian Higher Education Institution Students

Sergey Roshchin and Victor Rudakov ()

Voprosy obrazovaniya / Educational Studies Moscow, 2014, issue 2, 152-179

Abstract: Sergey Roshchin - Candidate of Science, Associate Professor, Prorector, Head of the Subdepartment of Labour and Population Economics, Director of the Laboratory for Labor Market Studies, National Research University - Higher School of Economics. E-mail: sroshchin@hse.ruViktor Rudakov - Analyst, Laboratory for Labor Market Studies, National Research University - Higher School of Economics. E-mail: victor.n.rudakov@gmail.com Address: 26 Shabolovka str., Moscow, 119049, Russian Federation.Combining work and study by students of Russian higher education institutions is studied from the viewpoint of how university quality and the set of financial, academic, social and demographic factors affect probability of student employment, and what motivates students to enter the labor market. The paper is based on the results of a 2013 survey among graduate students of Russian universities on their educational and career strategies conducted as part of the Monitoring of Education Markets and Organizations project. Data was analyzed using descriptive analysis and regression analysis: influence of factors was assessed through a logistic binary choice model (logit regression). It is shown that the most positive effect on probability of combining work and study is given by such factors as learning in a leading university, studying a Master's degree, specializing in areas of study connected with foreign languages, mathematics, computer programming, design, architecture, and culturology. Receiving no financial support from family, studying on a state-funded basis, and being male also increase probability of student employment significantly. The research performed has allowed to suggest hypothetically that combining work and study is most often caused by desire to gain work experience, with more talented students working more often, obviously. By doing so, students try to get to look more productive, which may later bring an economic profit to them in the labor market. These hypotheses require further examination.DOI: 10.17323/1814-9545-2014-2-152-179

Keywords: higher education; human capital; student employment; combining work and study; motives; theory of education signals (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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