The causal effect of off-campus work on time to degree

Andreas Behr and Katja Theune

Education Economics, 2016, vol. 24, issue 2, 189-209

Abstract: In this paper we analyze the effect of outside university work on time to first degree at German universities. The database is the ‘Absolventenpanel' 2001, a panel study conducted by the ‘Hochschul-Informations-System'. Aiming to estimate the causal effect correctly, we apply a matching strategy based on the approach put forward by Rosenbaum and Rubin [(1983) “The Central Role of Propensity Score in Observational Studies for Causal Effects.” Biometrika 70: 41--55]. The results of the matching approach reveal that simple prima facie results are upward biased but confirm that off-campus work has a prolonging effect on study duration.

Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1080/09645292.2014.974509

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