Event Title
Does Employment During the School Year Affect a Student's High School GPA
Faculty Mentor
Benjamin Scafidi
Keywords
Benjamin Scafidi
Abstract
Using data from the Alfred P. Sloan Study of Youth and Social Development, this paper examines the effects of employment during high school on a student’s GPA through the use of two OLS regression equations. The first regression uses an indicator variable for whether the student is currently employed or has been employed during that school year. The second regression uses a measure of the specific number of hours the student works per week as the independent variable of interest. The results indicate that employment positively affects GPA; specifically, a working student tended to have a higher GPA by approximately 0.2 points compared to a non-working student. The coefficient for the number of hours worked per week was small and statistically insignificant, indicating that there is no significant effect of the number of hours worked on GPA. Given that GPA is important in determining a student’s future success, it is important to research the ways in which it may be affected by work.
Session Name:
Economics of Education
Start Date
4-4-2014 2:30 PM
End Date
4-4-2014 3:30 PM
Location
HSB 300
Does Employment During the School Year Affect a Student's High School GPA
HSB 300
Using data from the Alfred P. Sloan Study of Youth and Social Development, this paper examines the effects of employment during high school on a student’s GPA through the use of two OLS regression equations. The first regression uses an indicator variable for whether the student is currently employed or has been employed during that school year. The second regression uses a measure of the specific number of hours the student works per week as the independent variable of interest. The results indicate that employment positively affects GPA; specifically, a working student tended to have a higher GPA by approximately 0.2 points compared to a non-working student. The coefficient for the number of hours worked per week was small and statistically insignificant, indicating that there is no significant effect of the number of hours worked on GPA. Given that GPA is important in determining a student’s future success, it is important to research the ways in which it may be affected by work.