Rising student employment: the role of tuition fees

Christine Neill ()

Education Economics, 2015, vol. 23, issue 1, 101-121

Abstract: In 1979, less than 30% of full-time university students in Canada worked for pay during the academic year. By the mid-2000s, this had risen to 45%. This trend to increasing work among full-time students is also evident in other countries, and may be a concern if it reduces students' investment in human capital during their studies. I find that, controlling for the demographic characteristics of the student population, the only economic variable that explains a substantial portion of the increase in students' work is higher tuition fees.

Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1080/09645292.2013.818104

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