Student Internships and Employment Opportunities after Graduation: A Field Experiment

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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.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 12183

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Field Experiments ; Analysis of Education ; Labor Demand ; Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
• Subject: internship ; hiring ; human capital ; signalling ; field experiment

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Baert, Stijn ; Neyt, Brecht ; Siedler, Thomas ; Tobback, Ilse ; Verhaest, Dieter
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2019

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/196681
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET