Student employment and academic performance: an empirical exploration of the primary orientation theory. Issue 8 (4th May 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Baert, Stijn; Marx, Ive; Neyt, Brecht; Van Belle, Eva; Van Casteren, Jasmien
• Is Part Of: Applied economics letters. Volume 25:Issue 8(2018)
• Page Start: 547
• Page End: 552
• Publication Date: 2018-05-04
• Subjects: Student employment -- academic performance -- primary orientation -- moderation analysis; I21 -- I23 -- J22; Economics -- Periodicals; Economics, Mathematical -- Periodicals; 330
• DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2017.1343443
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1350-4851

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This study empirically assesses the thesis that student employment only hurts academic performance for students with a primary orientation towards work (versus school). To this end, we analyse unique data on tertiary education students' intensity of and motivation for student employment by means of a state-of-the art moderation model. We find, indeed, only a negative association between hours of student work and the percentage of courses passed for work-oriented students. This finding may explain the contradictory results in the literature neglecting this factor.