• Media type: E-Book
  • Title: Student Internships and Employment Opportunities after Graduation : A Field Experiment
  • Contributor: Baert, Stijn [Author]; Neyt, Brecht [Other]; Siedler, Thomas [Other]; Tobback, Ilse [Other]; Verhaest, Dieter [Other]
  • imprint: [S.l.]: SSRN, [2019]
  • Published in: IZA Discussion Paper ; No. 12183
  • Extent: 1 Online-Ressource (33 p)
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3390170
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  • Keywords: field experiment ; internship ; hiring ; human capital ; signalling
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  • Footnote: Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments February 2019 erstellt
  • Description: Internships during tertiary education have become substantially more common over the past decades in many industrialised countries. This study examines the impact of a voluntary intra-curricular internship experience during university studies on the probability of being invited to a job interview. To estimate a causal relationship, we conducted a randomised field experiment in which we sent 1,248 fictitious, but realistic, resumes to real job openings. We find that applicants with internship experience have, on average, a 12.6% higher probability of being invited to a job interview
  • Access State: Open Access