Arbeitspapier

Work Hard or Play Hard? Degree Class, Student Leadership and Employment Opportunities

We investigated the impact on first hiring outcomes of two main curriculum vitae (CV) characteristics by which graduates with a tertiary education degree distinguish themselves from their peers: degree class and extra-curricular activities. These characteristics were randomly assigned to 2,800 fictitious job applications that were sent to real vacancies in Belgium. Academic performance and extra-curricular engagement both enhanced job interview rates by about 7%. The effect of a higher degree class was driven by female (versus male) candidates and candidates with a master's (versus a bachelor's) degree. We did not find evidence for these CV characteristics to be substitutes or to reinforce each other's effect.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 11971

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Labor Demand
Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
Higher Education; Research Institutions
Field Experiments
Thema
degree class
extra-curricular activities
hiring
field experiment

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Baert, Stijn
Verhaest, Dieter
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
(wo)
Bonn
(wann)
2018

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Baert, Stijn
  • Verhaest, Dieter
  • Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Entstanden

  • 2018

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