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Published Year: 2008
Survey/Program(s): Journal of Population Economics, Vol 23, No. 2, March
Catalog: Economic Working Paper
WP Number: WP-416
Publication Status / Disposition: See Journal of Population Economics, Vol 23, No. 2, March 2010, pp. 469-496.
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Parental Transfers, Student Achievement, and the Labor Supply of College Students
Abstract
Using nationally representative data from the NLSY97 and a simultaneous equations model, this paper analyzes the financial motivations for and the effects of employment on U.S. college students’ academic performance. The data confirm the predictions of the theoretical model that lower parental transfers and greater costs of attending college increase the number of hours students work while in school, although students are not very responsive to these financial motivations. They also provide some evidence that greater hours of work lead to lower grade point averages (GPAs).