Not Just Arms and Legs: The Impact of Student Working on Local Labour Markets

Damian Whittard, Hilary Drew () and Felix Ritchie ()
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Hilary Drew: University of the West of England, Bristol
Felix Ritchie: University of the West of England, Bristol

Working Papers from Department of Accounting, Economics and Finance, Bristol Business School, University of the West of England, Bristol

Abstract: The growth in HE student employment implies increasing competition for jobs in the low-wage labour market. Economic theory suggests that higher-educated, more flexible students have an advantage over the non-student local labour force competing for the same jobs. However human resource theory, placing more emphasis on finding roles for heterogeneous staff, suggests that the student and non-student labour forces may be complimentary and allow firms to fill job niches.

Date: 2019-01-05
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