Reconsidering the effect of work intensity on study time

Recent evidence on the impact of youth employment on study time has found only small, negative effects. However, previous estimates may be biased downward due to weak identification and measurement error. In this article, we re-examine the question with more recent data from the American Time Use Su...

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Published in:Applied economics letters 2014-01, Vol.21 (5), p.340-343
Main Authors: DeLoach, Stephen, Franz, Stephanie, Platania, Jennifer
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Applied economics
Arbeitszeit
Auswirkung
Economic analysis
Education
Estimating techniques
homework
Jugendlicher
Lernen
Nebentätigkeit
Nebenverdienst
Part time employment
part-time work
Schüler
Sekundarstufe II
Studies
study time
Teilzeitbeschäftigung
Temporary employment
Time
time-use data
Unemployment
USA
Younger workers
Youth
Zeitverwendung
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Summary:Recent evidence on the impact of youth employment on study time has found only small, negative effects. However, previous estimates may be biased downward due to weak identification and measurement error. In this article, we re-examine the question with more recent data from the American Time Use Survey (2003-11) using a number of alternate estimation techniques. Results show that using a longer time span, state unemployment rates appears to be a stronger instrument for part-time work than was previously found. Depending on the estimation method used, the negative effects of part-time work on study time may be considerably larger than previously thought.
ISSN:1350-4851
1466-4291
1466-4291
DOI:10.1080/13504851.2013.859370